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The best open-source AI agents in 2026

Want to run agents on your own infrastructure or read the code? These 8 listed agents are open source: Aider, Cline, OpenHands, Browser Use, n8n, CrewAI, LangGraph, Steel.

Coding

Aider

Open-source terminal coding agent that edits your git repo with any LLM.

CodingOpen source

Cline

Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.

CodingOpen source

OpenHands

Open-source platform for AI software development agents.

CodingOpen source

Browser Automation

Browser Use

Open-source library that lets AI agents control a web browser.

Browser AutomationOpen source

Steel

Open-source browser API for AI agents: cloud browser sessions with CAPTCHA solving, proxies, persistent logins and a live session viewer; self-hostable.

Browser AutomationOpen source

Agent Builders

n8n

Workflow automation platform with AI agent nodes; self-hostable.

Agent BuildersOpen source

CrewAI

Framework and platform for orchestrating multi-agent crews.

Agent BuildersOpen source

LangGraph

Framework for building stateful, controllable agents.

Agent BuildersOpen source

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