Best tools for running agents locally (2026)

OpenKnowledge

NewproductivityOpen source

OpenKnowledge is a free, local-first markdown editor and knowledge base built for working alongside AI agents. It looks and feels like a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor, with callouts, tabs, Mermaid diagrams and media blocks, but every page stays a plain markdown file on your disk. Coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and dozens of others can read and write the same files through its integrations, so specs, team wikis and LLM wikis stay in one place that both people and agents keep up to date. It ships as a desktop app plus a web UI and CLI.

Added Oct 21, 2026

PR Lens

NewcodingOpen source

PR Lens helps people review code that agents wrote. For each pull request it draws animated architecture and data-flow diagrams inside the PR, showing which parts of the app were added, changed or removed, what else depends on the change and how a request now moves through the system. It also flags likely bugs, security holes and design problems in the same review comment, with a ready prompt to hand each fix to your coding agent or an autofix. The open-source core runs locally and installs as an agent skill.

Added Oct 21, 2026

Akeru Bot

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Open-source alternative to Grok Bot for named AI teammates: local-first desktop, web and mobile clients where each bot has its own tools, instructions and memory. MIT-licensed independent fork of T3 Code.

Added Oct 21, 2026

Guaca

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Desktop workspace inspired by Grok Bot where AI agents collaborate, write code and use tools; runs locally or on your own server, with shared conversations, persistent memory and MCP plugins. AGPL-3.0.

Added Oct 21, 2026

xerj

Newmemory & RAGOpen source

A local-first search engine and MCP server for agents: one Rust binary indexes code, docs, logs, CSV/JSONL and PDFs for full-text, vector and hybrid search plus agent memory, behind an Elasticsearch-compatible API.

Added Oct 20, 2026

Memmy

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

A local-first personal AI agent with a self-evolving long-term memory that its desktop app, CLI and your other AI agents can all share.

Added Oct 20, 2026

Agentlas

NewframeworksOpen source

A local-first agent OS that keeps specialist agents in a hub and spins up a temporary orchestrator for each task, with reusable methods and your choice of model and host.

Added Oct 20, 2026

thClaws

NewframeworksOpen source

An open-source AI agent workspace in native Rust that runs locally as a GUI, CLI, headless service or web app from a single binary, with multiple model providers.

Added Oct 20, 2026

HOL Guard

Newsecurity & governanceOpen source + cloud

HOL Guard is a free, open-source (Apache-2.0), local-first security layer for AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and GitHub Copilot CLI. On supported integrations it checks risky shell commands, reads of secret-bearing files, package installs and new or changed MCP tools before they run, lets you allow, ask or block each action, and keeps a local record for review. It installs with pipx (hol-guard) and works offline; optional Guard Cloud adds synced approvals, team policy and dashboards.

Added Oct 20, 2026

projectmem

Newmemory & RAGOpen source

A local-first memory layer for coding agents that records issues, attempts, fixes and decisions and warns your agent before it repeats a past mistake.

Added Oct 20, 2026

LongMemory

Newmemory & RAGOpen source

Local-first memory engine for agents that keeps durable, time-aware memories in SQLite and serves them to Claude, Copilot, Codex and others over MCP, CLI or HTTP.

Added Oct 19, 2026

MemPalace

Newmemory & RAGOpen source

Local-first AI memory system that stores conversations verbatim with a pluggable backend and serves recall to agents without API calls.

Added Oct 18, 2026

Supermemory

Newmemory & RAGOpen source + cloud

Memory and context engine for agents with an API, app and MCP server, which can also run fully locally.

Added Oct 18, 2026

DeepChat

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Open-source, local-first AI agent desktop client with MCP, skills, ACP support and remote control from messaging apps.

Added Oct 18, 2026

Kiro Crew

NewcodingOpen source

Kiro's open-source, persistent development workspace that runs unattended and recurring coding tasks locally or on your own hardware.

Added Oct 18, 2026

Atomic Agent

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Local-first AI agent that drives your browser, edits files and runs approved commands using local open-weight or cloud models.

Added Oct 18, 2026

JustHireMe

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Local-first desktop workbench that finds job listings, ranks your fit and generates tailored application materials.

Added Oct 18, 2026

Orkas

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Local-first multi-agent desktop app where a commander model coordinates specialist agents and your installed coding CLIs.

Added Oct 18, 2026

Jarvis

Newpersonal agentsSource-available

Private, local-first desktop AI assistant with voice and text chat, personal memory, dictation and MCP tools.

Added Oct 18, 2026

AMD GAIA

NewframeworksOpen source

AMD's open-source toolkit for building AI agents that run locally on Ryzen AI PCs, keeping data on the device.

Added Oct 18, 2026

Langflow

no-code buildersOpen source + cloud

Visual drag-and-drop builder for AI agents and workflows that you can run locally, deploy as an API or expose as an MCP server.

Added Oct 16, 2026

AnythingLLM

personal agentsOpen source + cloud

Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM.

Added Oct 16, 2026

LocalAI

models & local runtimesOpen source

Self-hosted engine with an OpenAI-compatible API for running LLM, vision, voice and image models on your own hardware, including agents.

Added Oct 16, 2026

agenticSeek

personal agentsOpen source

Fully local autonomous agent that browses, codes and plans without paid APIs.

Added Oct 16, 2026

BrowserOS

browser/computer useOpen source

Open-source agentic browser that runs AI agents locally.

Added Oct 16, 2026

EverOS

memory & RAGOpen source

Local-first, portable memory layer for AI agents stored as Markdown.

Added Oct 16, 2026

microsandbox

sandboxes & code executionOpen source

Local-first microVM runtime for running untrusted agent code safely.

Added Oct 16, 2026

Kun

personal agentsSource-available

Local-first agent workspace for coding, writing, design, research and automation.

Added Oct 16, 2026

Lemonade

models & local runtimesOpen source

Local server that runs optimized LLMs on your GPU or NPU for local AI apps and agents.

Added Oct 16, 2026

Wigolo

MCP serversOpen source

Local-first web search, fetch and crawl for coding agents over MCP, with no API keys.

Added Oct 16, 2026

ChatOllama

personal agentsSource-available

Open-source agentic chat app for running agents on local and hosted models.

Added Oct 16, 2026