Alternatives / Claude Open-source alternatives to Claude Claude is an AI assistant that can answer questions, analyze documents, write text, and assist with coding. Individuals and teams use it via a web interface and apps for everyday tasks.Claude is made by Anthropic. It is not open source. These 14 open-source projects do the same job, closest first.
AI & LLM tooling , Chat UIs
Compare at a glance Open-source alternatives to Claude: platforms, Docker, license, GitHub stars and last commit Project Type Self-host with Docker License Stars Last commit claude-code CLI – Not listed – Unknown 154k yesterday Claude Code Templates CLI – Not listed MIT 33k 5 hours ago cc-haha Desktop – Not listed Custom (read before use) 15k 16 hours ago Claude HUD Extension / plugin – Not listed MIT 29k 3 days ago AionUi Desktop – Not listed Apache-2.0 34k 6 days ago CC Switch Desktop – Not listed MIT 150k 5 hours ago claude-code-for-beginners Web – Not listed – Unknown 468 2 weeks ago Oh My ClaudeCode Extension / plugin – Not listed MIT 40k 2 days ago ECC CLI, Extension / plugin – Not listed MIT 292k 3 days ago Hapi Web, Mobile – Not listed AGPL-3.0 5.3k 5 hours ago Omnigent Library / SDK – Not listed Apache-2.0 11k 6 hours ago Claude-Code-Game-Studios CLI, Extension / plugin – Not listed MIT 29k last week Claude Code Router CLI – Not listed MIT 38k 3 weeks ago one-skill-to-rule-them-all CLI, Extension / plugin – Not listed CC-BY-4.0 3.6k 3 days ago
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Agentic terminal coding assistant from Anthropic Personal Enterprise Developer tools Coding assistants CLI ★ 154k commit yesterday C
Install and monitor Claude Code components Personal Agent skills Coding assistants CLI ★ 33k +2.6k / 90d MIT commit 5 hours ago c
Desktop workspace for Claude Code Personal Coding assistants Desktop ★ 15k +1.4k / 90d commit 16 hours ago C
Status display for Claude Code Personal Coding assistants Extension / plugin ★ 29k +2.3k / 90d MIT commit 3 days ago A
Cowork app for many CLI agents Personal Chat UIs Coding assistants Desktop ★ 34k +2k / 90d Apache-2.0 commit 6 days ago C
Desktop manager for Claude Code, Codex and other agents Personal Coding assistants Desktop ★ 150k +34k / 90d MIT commit 5 hours ago c
Free beginner course for AI development with Claude Code Personal Coding assistants Education & research Web ★ 468 commit 2 weeks ago O
Team-style multi-agent orchestration for Claude Code Personal Agent skills Coding assistants Extension / plugin ★ 40k +2.9k / 90d MIT commit 2 days ago E
Skills, memory and guardrails that make coding agents work better Personal Agent skills Coding assistants CLI Extension / plugin ★ 292k +68k / 90d MIT commit 3 days ago H
Use coding agents from anywhere Personal Coding assistants Web Mobile ★ 5.3k +573 / 90d AGPL-3.0 commit 5 hours ago O
Meta-harness for coding agents Personal Enterprise Agents & frameworks Coding assistants Library / SDK ★ 11k +2.3k / 90d Apache-2.0 commit 6 hours ago C
Claude Code template with 49 AI agents and 74 skills for game dev Personal Agent skills Agents & frameworks Coding assistants CLI Extension / plugin ★ 29k MIT commit last week C
Route coding agents across models Personal Coding assistants CLI ★ 38k +1.3k / 90d MIT commit 3 weeks ago o
Meta-skill that monitors work sessions and improves AI agent skills Personal AI & LLM tooling Agent skills CLI Extension / plugin ★ 3.6k CC-BY-4.0 commit 3 days ago