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24 alternatives to Agent Pets

Coding agents as pets that live on every page in Chrome

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Work with a powerful coding assistant anywhere

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Related: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/27/one-human-one-agent-on...

    Jan 2026 · emsh.cat · its alternatives →

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    Browser-based AI agents - unlimited runs, fixed cost

    2025 · browser-use.com · its alternatives →

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    devpit▲117

    A native control room for your Claude Code agents

    19d ago · devpit.app · its alternatives →

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    Self-hosted collaboration layer for agent-written HTML

    9d ago · tryslashdocs.razorpay.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, We’ve been building browser agents for a while. In production, we kept converging on the same pattern: deterministic scripts for the happy path, agents only for edge cases. So we built Demonstrate Mode. The idea is simple: You perform your workflow once in a remote browser. Notte records the interactions and generates deterministic automation code. How it works: - Record clicks, inputs, navigations in a cloud browser - Compile them into deterministic code (no LLM at runtime) - Run and deploy on managed browser infrastructure Closest analog is Playwright codegen but: - Infrastructure…

    2025 · notte.cc · its alternatives →

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    Brnch▲81

    Modern code hosting for the agent era

    16d ago · brnch.io · its alternatives →

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    A modular development board built for agents

    Sep 2026 · mosaico.ai · its alternatives →

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    Title: Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your web app Hi HN, I'm building PageAgent, an open-source (MIT) library that embeds an AI agent directly into your frontend. I built this because I believe there's a massive design space for deploying general agents natively inside the web apps we already use, rather than treating the web merely as a dumb target for isolated bots. Currently, most AI agents operate from external clients or server-side programs, effectively leaving web development out of the AI ecosystem. I'm experimenting with an "inside-out" paradigm instead. By…

    Mar 2026 · alibaba.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Give AI agents a better way to use computers

    Sep 2026 · unjuno.github.io · its alternatives →

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    The First Video Editor built for Agents

    17d ago · hyperframes.dev · its alternatives →

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    vgpu▲39

    The WebGPU library, designed for agents

    30d ago · vgpu.sh · its alternatives →

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    The world's most powerful agents, with the UX they deserve

    7d ago · thecraftagents.com · its alternatives →

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    bmux▲73

    Browser multiplexer for the agentic era

    20d ago · bmux.cc · its alternatives →

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    Markdoc▲84

    A shared Markdown editor for people and their agents

    14d ago · markdoc.app · its alternatives →

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    Give your AI coding agent the web as a command line

    Jun 2026 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Squints▲81

    Design tools for the live web

    27d ago · squints.app · its alternatives →

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    PixelCrew▲142

    Production-ready design from a crew of AI agents

    Sep 2026 · pixelcrew.ai · its alternatives →

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    Human browser capabilities. Now for AI agents.

    26d ago · scalebrowser.net · its alternatives →

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    hobfree tier, from $50/mo▲91

    The professional workspace for your whole agent stack

    Sep 2026 · hob.dev · its alternatives →

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    Xiryn▲88

    The open-source personal agent that runs on your computer

    10d ago · xiryn.com · its alternatives →

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    Acyclic▲69

    Rapid agent swarms for any agentic workflow

    12d ago · acyclic.dev · its alternatives →

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