AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Noml

The most beautiful desktop app for AI agents

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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Claude Code Desktop App Redesigned▲564
Run parallel coding agents from one desktop workspace
Apr 2026 · claude.com · its alternatives →
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Agent-desktop – Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents▲99
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 →
3
Computer Use in Claude Code▲436
Let Claude use your computer from the CLI
Mar 2026 · code.claude.com · its alternatives →
4
Rill Browserfree▲540
The browser where Claude Code and Codex work beside you
17d ago · rill.love · its alternatives →
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1Code▲569
Just to clarify the background a bit. This project wasn’t planned as a big standalone release at first. On January 16, Ollama added support for an Anthropic-compatible API, and I was curious how far this could be pushed in practice. I decided to try plugging local Ollama models directly into a Claude Code-style workflow and see if it would actually work end to end. Here is the release note from Ollama that made this possible: https://ollama.com/blog/claude Technically, what I do is pretty straightforward: - Detect which local models are available in Ollama. - When…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub Agent HQ▲192
Run Claude, Codex & Copilot directly in GitHub & VS Code
Feb 2026 · github.blog · its alternatives →
7
Cline Desktop Appfree tier▲265
An open-source app for open-weight models
Sep 2026 · cline.bot · its alternatives →
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Codex app for Windows▲145
Codex now runs natively on Windows with secure sandbox
Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
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Vibe Pocket▲135
Run AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, Opencode on mobile
Dec 2025 · vibepocket.com · its alternatives →
10
CLI Manager▲105
One dashboard to run and organize multiple AI CLI agents
Dec 2025 · solhun.com · its alternatives →
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ShioriCode▲119
Open-source alternative to Codex & Claude Code
May 2026 · shiori.ai · its alternatives →
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Open-source CLI coding framework using Claude▲84
AI powered cli coding agent that monitors your dev/test server and fixes errors and adds features - vysakh0/dravid
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Agent-of-empires: OpenCode and Claude Code session manager▲118
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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Munder Difflin▲200
Make clones with Claude Code and Codex to do your work
Aug 2026 · munderdiffl.in · its alternatives →
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Smooth CLI – Token-efficient browser for AI agents▲109
Hi HN! Smooth CLI (https://www.smooth.sh) is a browser that agents like Claude Code can use to navigate the web reliably, quickly, and affordably. It lets agents specify tasks using natural language, hiding UI complexity, and allowing them to focus on higher-level intents to carry out complex web tasks. It can also use your IP address while running browsers in the cloud, which helps a lot with roadblocks like captchas (https://docs.smooth.sh/features/use-my-ip). Here’s a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62jthcU705k Docs start at…
Feb 2026 · docs.smooth.sh · its alternatives →
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Agent Bar▲162
Run Claude Code from your menu bar
Feb 2026 · aayushbuilds.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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AgentGrid▲77
Hi HN, I’m Michael, I built AgentGrid with my friend Souren because we were tired of losing our coding sessions and couldn't keep track of what was actually being built across our many projects. Our approach was to use an infinite canvas desktop app for the TUIs we already know and love, mainly claude + codex. We drew inspiration from Figma and Railway. Overtime we added image nodes, notes, terminals, coding editors, source control, etc. I wasn't sure about it at first. It took me a month to give the first version Souren built a real try. What got me was an Apple System Update I've been…
Jul 2026 · agentgrid.sh · its alternatives →
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Skeezo▲10
The agent-native macOS IDE that drives your installed Claude Code — parallel agent lanes, team chat, multi-repo workspaces, and automation. No API key.
Sep 2026 · skeezo.dev · its alternatives →
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agentbrowse▲89
Give your AI coding agent the web as a command line
Jun 2026 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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Self-hosted company OS, Claude Code and Codex agents in departments▲50
Hi HN, i am Dimitris, I have been using Claude Code and Codex agents, for some time now from the beggining i had been using them from inside my terminal mainly for coding. For the past 3 years i kept building so i have a homelab and a business server, which already has a lot of vms, so a lot of things to manage. So i decided to start building my own ideal version of using claude code, and codex flexibly and connect them easily with all my vms and infra but at the same time keep using them for coding, and as a personal assistant for daily use. So for the past months I built OtoDock. Its a…
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Chimlo▲61
Track Codex and Claude Code and respond from your Notch
Jul 2026 · kraten.github.io · its alternatives →
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Give Claude Code control of your browser (open-source)▲10
As I started to use Claude Code to do more random tasks I realized I could basically build any CLI tool and it would use it. So I built one that controls the browser and open-sourced it. It should work with Codex or any other CLI-based agent! I have a long term idea where the models are all local and then the tool is privacy preserving because it's easy to remove PII from text, but I'd definitely not recommend using this for anything important just yet. You'll need a Gemini key until I (or someone else) figure out how to distill a local version out of that part of the pipeline. Github link:…
2025 · cli-agents.click · its alternatives →
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Sx – an open-source package manager for AI skills, MCPs, and commands▲50
Claude Code is amazing for individuals but terrible for teams. I spent the last six months building my perfect mix of MCP servers, subagents, commands and skills. Claude Code writes 100% of the code now, but sharing this with my team? Painful. 1. Blog posts and workshops don't work (and don't scale) 2. Committing tools to N repos means N PRs. A tool changes? N more PRs. 3. Same tools, different files or folders for each AI assistant; not everyone uses Claude Code It is like 1999 all over again; FTPing files up to prod and versioning with ".bak" suffixes. So I built sx. It is your team's…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ChatML▲12
Cockpit for Claude Code - See everything your agents builds
Mar 2026 · chatml.com · its alternatives →

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