AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hermes Desktop
An open source terminal agent that builds its own skills
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 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.
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I've been building computer-use tools for a while, and I quietly launched this about a month ago (122 Stars on GH). I figured it was worth sharing here. Over the last few months, a lot of computer-use agents have come out: Codex, Claude Code, CUA, and others. Most of them seem to work roughly like this: 1. Take a screenshot 2. Have the model predict pixel coordinates 3. Click x,y 4. Take another screenshot 5. Repeat That works, but it's slow, expensive in tokens, and fragile. If the UI shifts a few pixels, things break. And the model still doesn't know what any element actually is. But the…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cline Desktop Appfree tier▲265An open-source app for open-weight models
Sep 2026 · cline.bot · its alternatives →
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BrowserAgent▲544Browser-based AI agents - unlimited runs, fixed cost
2025 · browser-use.com · its alternatives →
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Harness by Autonomousfree tier, from $149/mo▲288Every coding agent, every machine, one command center.
6d ago · autonomous.ai · its alternatives →
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Buda▲197Run a full AI agent team in the cloud — no hardware, no setup. Persistent memory, browser automation, parallel agents. The OpenClaw alternative built for teams. Start free.
May 2026 · buda.im · its alternatives →
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Open-source Computer Use MCP for AI agents
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Warp Open-Source▲226Agentic development environment built with the community
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OpenYak▲114The open-source Claude Desktop with any model you want
Apr 2026 · open-yak.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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Open Browser Use▲112Open-source browser automation for local AI agents
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A local command room for AI coding agents.
Jun 2026 · luckeysystems.com · its alternatives →
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Skip the setup and run OpenClaw & Hermes, fully managed
Aug 2026 · cloudways.com · its alternatives →
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LapuAi▲68Desktop-native AI agent for every app, file & browser
Jul 2026 · lapu.ai · its alternatives →
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OpenBerth▲84Deploy AI-generated apps to your own server with one command. Open source, sandboxed, automatic HTTPS. Built for non-engineers.
Apr 2026 · openberth.io · its alternatives →
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Windows Terminal with native agent integration
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Deploy Hermes▲105Private Telegram AI agents, live in under a minute
Apr 2026 · deploy-hermes.com · its alternatives →
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Atomic▲140Hey HN, I’ve been building Atom (https://github.com/rush86999/atom), an open-source, self-hosted AI automation platform. I built this because while tools like OpenClaw are excellent for one-off scripts and personal tasks, I found them difficult to use for complex business workflows (e.g., managing invoices or SaaS ops). The main issue was State Blindness: the agent would fire a command and assume it worked, without "seeing" if the UI or state actually updated. I just shipped a new architecture to solve this called Canvas AI Accessibility. The Technical Concept: Instead of…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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All-in-one Confluence solution
2024 · marketplace.atlassian.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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