Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Ao
✔️ Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ao launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Ao▲86Open source, community-driven, robust Microsoft To-Do app
2019 · klaussinani.github.io · its alternatives →
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Alfred 3▲687The Mac's best launcher just got a whole lot better
2016 · alfredapp.com · its alternatives →
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A native desktop app for Google Allo
2018 · allofordesktop.com · its alternatives →
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AOO is a lightweight and flexible peer-to-peer audio streaming and messaging solution. It allows to send audio and messages in real-time and on demand between network endpoints - not only in local networks, but also over the public internet! The C/C++ library can be easily embedded in host applications or plugins. It even runs on embedded devices, such as the ESP32. In addition, the project contains a Pure Data external and a SuperCollider extension. The following article provides a high level introduction and demonstrates some use cases:…
2024 · aoo.iem.sh · its alternatives →
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Alfred▲298Take care of weekly errands without doing them yourself
2014 · helloalfred.com · its alternatives →
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Hi! I’m Nathan: an ML Engineer at Mozilla.ai: I built agent-of-empires (aoe): a CLI application to help you manage all of your running Claude Code/Opencode sessions and know when they are waiting for you. - Written in rust and relies on tmux for security and reliability - Monitors state of cli sessions to tell you when an agent is running vs idle vs waiting for your input - Manage sessions by naming them, grouping them, configuring profiles for various settings I'm passionate about getting self-hosted open-weight LLMs to be valid options to compete with proprietary closed models. One…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hermes Desktop▲215An open source terminal agent that builds its own skills
Jun 2026 · hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · its alternatives →
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Codex now runs natively on Windows with secure sandbox
Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
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Any.do for Mac▲146Any.do for Mac brings the to-do list app to the desktop
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN I recently got married, promptly had a bit of a meltdown, and decided to lock myself in a room and build for a while. At the same time, I was trying to outbound sell for my startup and kept running into the same problem: I wanted an automation tool that could actually use my computer like a person. Click through UIs, copy/paste between apps, handle messy workflows — not just APIs and webhooks. I couldn’t find anything that felt: - consumer-friendly (non-technical) - local-first - flexible enough for real-world, UI-driven tasks So I challenged myself to see how far I could get…
Jan 2026 · automatewithtasker.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source Computer Use MCP for AI agents
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An open-source AI agent that builds full-stack SaaS apps
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Livinity▲90Open-source homeserver OS with a built-in AI agent
Jul 2026 · livinity.io · its alternatives →
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Automate boring work. Extensible and free desktop AI agent.
Aug 2026 · agent-one.dev · its alternatives →
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Trillo Application Operating System (AOS) is a multi-app, multi-tenant foundation for enterprise software. Every application is an entity model, serverless functions, and agents — generated from plain requirements by AI, with security, compliance, governance, and elastic scale built in.
2017 · trillo.io · its alternatives →
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