AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Herbs Assist
Open source AI assistant for domain-oriented microservices
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Herbs Assist launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hello HN community, we just released Herbs Assist, an open source AI assistant that helps developers create use cases and specs using OpenAI GPT-3 Codex. It simplifies the workflow by generating natural language specs and Herbs specs and use case files based on the information provided. We are looking for feedback and suggestions for improvements. Since it is also open source, contributions are welcome.
2023 · herbsjs.org · its alternatives →
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AI Assistant▲455A simple Go package for unified AI chat management across OpenRouter, OpenAI, Google GenAI, and more, with support for tool calling and S3-compatible user sessions
2023 · aichat.fm · its alternatives →
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Assista AI▲949A central nervous system for all your productivity apps
2024 · getassista.com · its alternatives →
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A conversational, agentic assistant built into your docs
2025 · mintlify.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, We are Sandeep and Naresh, the creators of Aide. We are happy to open source and invite the community to try out Aide which is a VSCode fork built with LLMs integrated. To talk through the features, we engineered the following: - A proactive agent Agent which iterates on the linter errors (powered by the Language Server) and pulls in relevant context by doing go-to-definitions, go-to-references etc and propose fixes or ask for more files which might be missing in the context. - Developer control We encourage you to do edits on top of your coding sessions. To enable this, we built a…
2024 · aide.dev · its alternatives →
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Build remarkably relevant in-product assistance
2024 · airtable.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, We have been building SecureAI Tools -- an open-source application layer for ChatGPT and ChatPDF-like AI tools. It works with locally running LLMs as well as with OpenAI-compatible APIs. For local LLMs, it supports Ollama which supports all the gguf/ggml models. Currently, it has two features: Chat-with-LLM, and Chat-with-PDFs. It is optimized for self-hosting use cases and comes with basic user management features. Here are some quick demos: * Chat with documents using OpenAI's GPT3.5 model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br2D3G9O47s * Chat with documents…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AI Assistant▲70Text generation, working with links, files, search
2023 · say-apps.com · its alternatives →
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OpenResource▲130Discover open-source tools with an AI chat assistant
Apr 2026 · openresource.site · its alternatives →
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ChatGPT-like customer interactions in a website widget
2024 · openwidget.com · its alternatives →
- 15HomeGardenAI▲148
Transforming plant care with AI: your green thumb assistant
2024 · home-garden-ai.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Clevrr Computer▲195Computer use but with OpenAI and Gemini models
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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loukoum.ai▲72Your sweet AI assistant powered by OpenAI's GPT models
2023 · loukoum.ai · its alternatives →
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Introducing JediDesk AI: Revolutionizing Customer Support ✨
2023 · jedidesk.com · its alternatives →
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HandyAI▲64Latest AI tools - GPT, Stable Diffusion right on Android
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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AI powered assistant to help you with your everyday tasks
2023 · getvoila.ai · its alternatives →
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Suna▲140Open source generalist AI agent that acts on your behalf
2025 · kortix.com · its alternatives →
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SupportGPT▲62Generative AI for customer support automation, with ChatGPT
2023 · forethought.ai · its alternatives →
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