Models & local runtimes AI agent tools
12 models & local runtimes tools in the AgentScout directory, each with a link-checked listing. Agentic models and the apps that run open models on your own computer or server, such as Ollama, LM Studio, LocalAI and Jan.
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There are 12 models & local runtimes tools: 9 open source, 2 free or freemium, 1 paid, usage-based or enterprise.
Quick comparison Top 10 of 12 listed below. Pricing as the maker states it; blank means we don't have it.
| Tool | Pricing | Best for | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | Build an agent | Yes | |
| Open weights | Write code | Open weights | |
| Open source | Research the web | Yes | |
| Open source | Yes | ||
| Open source | Yes | ||
| Freemium | Write code | ||
| Paid | |||
| Freemium | Voice & phone calls | ||
| Open source | Voice & phone calls | Yes | |
| Open source | Monitor & evaluate agents | Yes |
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Showing 12 of 12 tools
pooled
Peer-to-peer LLM inference in the browser: pool your laptops, phones and other devices into a room to run large open models for chat and coding agents, with no GPU server.
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GLM-5
Z.ai's open-weights GLM-5 model family built for coding and long-horizon agentic tasks, also offered through the Z.ai API.
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Sidekick
Native macOS app for chatting offline with a local LLM that can draw on your files, folders and websites.
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Ollama
Runs open models such as Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek and gpt-oss locally or in Ollama's cloud, and connects them to agents like Claude Code, OpenClaw and Codex.
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Jan
Open-source ChatGPT alternative that downloads and runs LLMs fully offline on your computer, with optional connections to cloud models.
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LM Studio
Desktop app for running local and open models, with Bionic, its agent for work and code that creates documents, slides, PDFs and software.
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Meta Muse Wonder
Meta's new models for personal and professional agent tasks, available via Meta Model API and Muse Code.
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ASI:One
Agentic LLM and chat app from Fetch.ai built to reason, plan and call other agents on the ASI Alliance network.
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LocalAI
Self-hosted engine with an OpenAI-compatible API for running LLM, vision, voice and image models on your own hardware, including agents.
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Oumi
Open platform for fine-tuning, evaluating and deploying open agentic LLMs and VLMs.
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MiroThinker
Deep research agent and open models tuned for complex research and forecasting tasks.
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Lemonade
Local server that runs optimized LLMs on your GPU or NPU for local AI apps and agents.
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Top models & local runtimes repos on GitHub (9)
| Repo | GitHub stars | Licence | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|
| 183,684 | MIT | 2026-10-20 | |
| 49,586 | MIT | 2026-10-21 | |
| 44,988 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-21 | |
| 9,400 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-21 | |
| 8,420 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-03-23 | |
| 7,367 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-15 | |
| 5,915 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-20 | |
| 3,320 | — | 2026-09-30 | |
| 601 | — | 2026-10-16 |
9 repos. Stars and licence come from each repo, checked when the listing was last verified.
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Facts come from our directory listings; pricing is as each maker states it. Check official sites before you choose.