Find free and open source AI tools worth using.

Ollama lets you get up and running with open models such as Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, and Gemma. It offers a CLI, REST API, and libraries for Python and JavaScript to run and manage models locally.

Open Notebook is an open-source, privacy-focused AI-powered research and note-taking platform, an alternative to Notebook LM with more flexibility and features, giving you control over your data and AI models.

Open source platform for tracing, evaluating, and improving AI agents. Use production data to understand behavior, collaborate on fixes, and ship better quality at lower cost and latency.

Free, open-source desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Run any model — local models or your own API keys — on your own files, and share skills and MCP servers with your team. An open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex.

Paperclip is an open-source orchestration platform for AI agents. It provides org charts, budgets, governance, and goal alignment to manage a team of agents for work. Bring your own agents and run your business from one dashboard.

OpenClaw is an open-source AI assistant that runs on your machine and works from WhatsApp, Telegram, or any chat app, handling tasks like inbox, email, calendar, and flights. No subscription, no hosted tier, and no token required.

Octop is an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant platform for households and small teams. It runs multi-user, multi-agent conversations through a web dashboard, CLI, IM channels, and APIs, while keeping data local under ~/.octop/.

cf is the agentic CLI for the entire Cloudflare API. It offers agent-friendly command search and steering, JSON output by default, cloudflare.config.ts configuration for Workers, and Vite as the default dev server.

magpie is a menu bar app that lets you pick the model each AI coding agent uses, routing Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI and others through one local gateway to providers such as DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM.

OpenDots is an open-source, self-hostable template for always-on AI coworkers that move between text, calls, and Slack. Each Dot has its own role, permissions, and computer, with Spaces and pages for persistent work.