OpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHands
AI software engineering agent platformPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsWebDocker / self-host★ 92k+8.1k / 90dMITcommit 13 hours ago89worth
Open-source alternatives to claw-code
40 projects in the catalog share a category with claw-code (Agents & frameworks or Coding assistants). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 15 run with Docker, 35 have a permissive license and 40 had a commit in the last 90 days.
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| Project | Type | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claw-code (this project) | Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 195k | |
| OpenHands | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 92k | |
| Pi | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 119k | |
| goose | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 56k | |
| Open Interpreter | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 69k | |
| DeepSeek Harness | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 265k | |
| Oh My OpenAgent | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 70k | |
| Prime Agent | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 22k | |
| Hermes Agent | Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 258k | |
| OpenClaw | Docker / self-host, Desktop, CLI | Yes | MIT | 393k | |
| nanobot | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 50k | |
| Paperclip | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 108k | |
| Oh My Pi | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 37k | |
| OpenCode | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 223k | |
| QwenPaw | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 37k | |
| Ruflo | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 80k | |
| Hindsight | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | MIT | 56k | |
| AI Website Cloner | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 38k | |
| Gemini CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 109k | |
| RTK | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 85k | |
| Codex CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 131k | |
| Multica | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 54k | |
| DeerFlow | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 85k | |
| MiroFish | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 83k | |
| Mem0 | Docker / self-host, Library / SDK | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 68k | |
| Herdr | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 46k | |
| Qwen Code | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 29k | |
| ZeroClaw | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 33k | |
| jcode | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 21k | |
| OpenBot | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 7.7k | |
| Langflow | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 156k | |
| Codewhale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 41k | |
| OpenClaude | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 34k | |
| GBrain | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 31k | |
| Claude Code Router | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 38k | |
| Kilo Code | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 28k | |
| DeepSeek Reasonix | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 36k | |
| Tokscale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 5.8k | |
| MindsHub | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| NanoClaw | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 31k | |
| qm | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 16k |
Self-hosted Docker apps (15)
Hermes AgentNousResearch/hermes-agent
Self-improving personal agent from Nous ResearchPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostCLI★ 258k+25k / 90dMITcommit 5 hours ago93worth
OpenClawopenclaw/openclaw
Personal AI assistant that acts on your behalf across appsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostDesktopCLI★ 393k+7.6k / 90dMITcommit 5 hours ago91worth
nanobotHKUDS/nanobot
Ultra-light self-hosted personal AI agentPersonalAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-hostCLI★ 50k+2.8k / 90dMITcommit 5 hours ago90worth
Paperclippaperclipai/paperclip
Manage teams of AI agents at workEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 108k+46k / 90dMITcommit 5 hours ago99worth
QwenPawagentscope-ai/QwenPaw
Personal AI assistant you can self-hostPersonalAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 37k+4.3k / 90dApache-2.0commit 6 hours ago94worth
Hindsightvectorize-io/hindsight
Agent memory that learnsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 56k+43k / 90dMITcommit 15 hours ago94worth
Multicamultica-ai/multica
Humans and AI agents working as one teamEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 54k+7.6k / 90dcommit 6 hours ago90worth
DeerFlowbytedance/deer-flow
Long-horizon super agent that researches, codes and createsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 85k+4.3k / 90dMITcommit 18 hours ago89worth
MiroFish666ghj/MiroFish
Swarm intelligence engine for predictionsPersonalAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 83k+22k / 90dAGPL-3.0commit 4 weeks ago89worth
Mem0mem0ai/mem0
Memory layer for AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostLibrary / SDK★ 68k+5.3k / 90dApache-2.0commit 3 days ago89worth
OpenBotCopilotKit/OpenBot
AI coworkers with their own computerPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-host★ 7.7k+5.9k / 90dMITcommit 10 hours ago85worth
Langflowlangflow-ai/langflow
Visual framework for building AI agents and workflowsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-host★ 156k+2.3k / 90dMITcommit 6 days ago84worth
MindsHubmindsdb/mindshub
Workspace where open models get work donePersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-host★ 40k+152 / 90dMITcommit 5 days ago79worth
NanoClawnanocoai/nanoclaw
Lightweight container-isolated assistantPersonalAgents & frameworksDocker / self-host★ 31k+558 / 90dMITcommit 3 days ago79worth
Command-line tools (25)
Piearendil-works/pi
Minimal agent toolkit and coding agent CLIPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLILibrary / SDK★ 119k+25k / 90dMITcommit 8 hours ago92worth
gooseaaif-goose/goose
Extensible on-machine AI agent from BlockPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 56k+3.3k / 90dApache-2.0commit 12 hours ago91worth
Open Interpreteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter
Coding agent for open modelsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 69k+741 / 90dApache-2.0commit 3 weeks ago82worth
DeepSeek Harnessdeepseek-ai/deepseek-harness
DeepSeek's plugin-first agent harnessPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 265k+78k / 90dMITcommit 2 days ago81worth
Oh My OpenAgentcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent
Multi-agent orchestration add-on for coding agentsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 70k+2.4k / 90dcommit 6 hours ago80worth
Prime AgentPrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent
Self-improving agent for codingPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 22k+3.1k / 90dcommit yesterday77worth
Oh My Pican1357/oh-my-pi
Coding agent with the IDE wired inPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 37k+10k / 90dMITcommit 7 hours ago97worth
OpenCodeanomalyco/opencode
Open-source coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 223k+36k / 90dMITcommit 6 hours ago96worth
Rufloruvnet/ruflo
Orchestrate swarms of AI agentsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCLI★ 80k+20k / 90dMITcommit 13 hours ago94worth
AI Website ClonerJCodesMore/ai-website-cloner-template
Clone a website with AI coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 38k+7.2k / 90dMITcommit 3 weeks ago94worth
Gemini CLIgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli
Gemini as an agent in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 109k+4k / 90dApache-2.0commit 13 hours ago92worth
RTKrtk-ai/rtk
Cut LLM token use on common dev commandsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 85k+8.9k / 90dApache-2.0commit 9 hours ago92worth
Codex CLIopenai/codex
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 131k+13k / 90dApache-2.0commit 5 hours ago91worth
Herdrherdrdev/herdr
Runtime for running coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 46k+15k / 90dApache-2.0commit 13 hours ago88worth
Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
Open-source coding agent in the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 29k+1.7k / 90dApache-2.0commit 5 hours ago88worth
ZeroClawzeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw
Small, fast autonomous assistant infrastructurePersonalAgents & frameworksCLI★ 33k+457 / 90dApache-2.0commit 2 days ago85worth
jcode1jehuang/jcode
Memory-efficient coding agent harnessPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 21k+3.3k / 90dMITcommit 14 hours ago85worth
Codewhalecodewhale-hq/Codewhale
Rust coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 41k+302 / 90dMITcommit 6 hours ago83worth
OpenClaudeTwigpine/openclaude
Coding agent that runs anywhere with any modelPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 34k+1.9k / 90dcommit 9 hours ago83worth
GBraingarrytan/gbrain
Opinionated brain for OpenClaw and Hermes agentsPersonalAgents & frameworksCLI★ 31k+2.7k / 90dMITcommit 7 hours ago83worth
Claude Code Routermusistudio/claude-code-router
Route coding agents across modelsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 38k+1.3k / 90dMITcommit 3 weeks ago82worth
Kilo CodeKilo-Org/kilocode
Open-source agentic engineering platformPersonalCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 28k+1k / 90dMITcommit 10 hours ago82worth
DeepSeek Reasonixesengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix
DeepSeek-native coding agentPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 36k+848 / 90dMITcommit 20 hours ago80worth
Tokscalejunhoyeo/tokscale
Track token use across coding agentsPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 5.8k+585 / 90dMITcommit 3 days ago80worth
qmyc-software/qm
Multiplayer agent harness for workEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCLI★ 16k+839 / 90dMITcommit 6 hours ago79worth