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AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to rook

Watch and drive all your AI coding agents, locally

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 3 we have checked on their own sites, 3 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Harness by Autonomousfree tier, from $149/mo▲294

    Every coding agent, every machine, one command center.

    8d ago · autonomous.ai · its alternatives →

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    opencode▲393

    Your terminal's AI agent, with any model you want

    2025 · opencode.ai · its alternatives →

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    The visual feedback tool for AI agents

    Mar 2026 · agentation.com · its alternatives →

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    AgentSky▲430

    Any harness, any LLM — cloud-hosted agents on demand.

    Aug 2026 · agentsky.dev · its alternatives →

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    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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    Viberia▲146

    Hey HN, This is my take on the agent harness. Everything on an isometric map. Agents are grouped into "buildings" that run in a sequence or a loop; e.g., the CodeForge has an agent that writes a PRD, another one that implements, and a third that reviews. Everything is customizable, you build your own buildings/teams however you want. It's a Tauri app, really light (about 8x less energy than the closest competitor I benchmarked, so it actually runs from a coffee shop on battery). It's macOS only for now, but ping me if you are willing to test the Windows or Linux version. I've been…

    May 2026 · getviberia.com · 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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    Grov▲123

    Shared and synchronized AI memory + reasoning across teams

    Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

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    hi guys. been working on something i think is fundamentally missing in today's workflow with ai agents. vcs. i find myself struggling with questions that agents can't answer like "why did you do it?", "when did u delete this folder? why?", etc. or trying to /rewind (after a /compact...) or basically `bisect` to find when and why something was done by the agent in the current / previous session. just like git did for code, i think we are the same core capabilities with ai agents so... i developed an open source solution for that (currently supporting claude code) would love to…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    When we asked developers from large engineering teams, almost everyone is using Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot. But adoption is still inconsistent. Some of us would have 15 agents running in Claude Code at the same time; some would still refuse to use any of them and write code manually. There's a fragmented AI development problem: - Five developers building similar features, and all of them start from scratch - No way to share "here's how we prompt AI to follow our architecture" - No trail of how the AI changes were generated - People leave the company, so does the their knowledge Aviator…

    2025 · aviator.co · its alternatives →

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    Real-time AI coding assistant telemetry in your Mac's notch

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    agor▲102

    The command center for AI enablement. Empower your team with AI teammates — Claude Code, Codex, Gemini — on a shared canvas anchored on git branches, with real-time multiplayer and an MCP surface agents drive themselves.

    Nov 2025 · agor.live · its alternatives →

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    13,000+ MCP servers, skills & plugins for AI coding agents

    Jul 2026 · codexmarketplaces.com · its alternatives →

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    Spatial board for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and opencode

    Jul 2026 · mikky-a.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Free & open-source kanban board for terminal-based AI agents

    Mar 2026 · agents-kb.com · its alternatives →

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    Code▲20

    Hey HN, Today we're launching Code, a community-driven, open-source coding agent for your terminal. It's a fork of OpenAI's codex with a focus on developer ergonomics and local control. Key features: - Browser integration – attach to your Chrome via CDP or use a built-in headless browser. You can browse pages, run the CLI in a browser session, and even take screenshots from the terminal. - Multi-agent commands – /plan, /solve and /code orchestrate multiple models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to propose and implement solutions, with consensus or race options. - Diff viewer – see…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Run, review, and remember work across AI coding agents

    Aug 2026 · agentos.aiutil.com · its alternatives →

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    The full-stack AI Agent — Claude Code meets Lovable

    Jun 2026 · tryfriday.ai · its alternatives →

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    Monitor and control AI agents from your phone

    Jun 2026 · agentsatwork.app · its alternatives →

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    Your AI has your code's text, never its map. Fix that.

    Jun 2026 · luuuc.github.io · its alternatives →

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    The open registry for AI agents — free, runs anywhere

    Jun 2026 · agentshive.net · its alternatives →

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    Mission control for AI coding agents

    Apr 2026 · agent-cockpit.dev · its alternatives →

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    AI agents for every dev task - no coding required

    2025 · its alternatives →

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