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affaan-m/ECC

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

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JavaScript pytest Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #anthropic #claude #claude-code #developer-tools #llm

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-18
License: MIT
Issues: 136 open

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Forks: 37,176
Commits: 2,621 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +2,826 +1.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +137 +5.5%

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openai/codex

Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

AI dev

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Rust Actix Web Axum Express Cargo pnpm uv

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 10 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-16
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 11,713 open

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Forks: 15,579
Commits: 8,811 commits
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BerriAI/litellm

The fastest, litest AI Gateway. Rust core with Python SDK. Call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format with cost tracking, guardrails, load balancing, and logging [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenAI, VertexAI, vLLM, Nvidia NIM]

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Python Axum FastAPI gRPC Go LangChain Bundler Cargo Go modules

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#ai-gateway #anthropic #azure-openai #bedrock #gateway #langchain

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 9 list mentions
First commit: 2023-07-27
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 4,859 open

56,069

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Forks: 10,477
Commits: 42,623 commits
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aaif-goose/goose

an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM

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Rust Axum Electron Express React Bun Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#acp #ai #ai-agents #mcp

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2024-08-23
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 255 open

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Forks: 6,002
Commits: 5,341 commits
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Hmbown/CodeWhale

Open-source, community-driven agent harness

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Rust Axum Next.js React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cli #deepseek #llm #rust #terminal #tui

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-20
License: MIT
Issues: 321 open

40,323

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Forks: 3,485
Commits: 6,247 commits
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volcengine/OpenViking

Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.

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Python Express FastAPI Gradio LangChain Cargo CMake Go modules

GitHub topics

#agent-memory #agent-plugins #agentic-rag #context-database #dsh-plugin #self-evolving

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-29
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 630 open

35,385

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Forks: 2,708
Commits: 2,229 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1,220 +3.6%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +70 +3.2%

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chopratejas/headroom

Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 60-95% fewer tokens, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.

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Python Axum FastAPI Next.js pytest Bun Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#agent #ai #anthropic #claude-code #compression #context-engineering

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-07
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 309 open

34,860

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Forks: 2,361
Commits: 1,640 commits
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esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix

DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal. Engineered around prefix-cache stability — leave it running.

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Go Astro React Vite Cargo Go modules npm

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#agent #agent-framework #ai-agent #ai-coding #cli #coding-agent

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-21
License: MIT
Issues: 1,330 open

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Forks: 1,809
Commits: 3,643 commits
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xai-org/grok-build

SpaceXAI's coding agent harness and TUI. Fullscreen, mouse interactive, extensible.

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Rust Axum Cargo

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2026-07-16
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

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Commits: 27 commits
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vectorize-io/hindsight

Hindsight: Agent Memory That Learns

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Python FastAPI Next.js pytest React Cargo Go modules npm

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#agentic-ai #agents #ai-memory #memory

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2025-10-30
License: MIT
Issues: 98 open

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Forks: 1,696
Commits: 2,827 commits
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trycua/cua

Scale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation.

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HTML Cobra Electron Express FastAPI Bun Cargo Go modules

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#agent #ai-agent #apple #computer-use #computer-use-agent #containerization

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2025-01-31
License: MIT
Issues: 627 open

20,869

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Forks: 1,407
Commits: 4,123 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui

AG-UI: the Agent-User Interaction Protocol. Bring Agents into Frontend Applications.

AI dev

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Python Android Express FastAPI Ktor Bundler Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#ag-ui-protocol #agent-frontend #agent-ui #agentic-workflow #ai-agents

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-05-07
License: MIT
Issues: 337 open

15,694

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Forks: 1,413
Commits: 3,769 commits
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nearai/ironclaw

IronClaw is an Agent OS focused on privacy, security and extensibility

AI dev

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Rust Axum pytest React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#codeact #openclaw #rlm #rust #wasm

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-03
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,434 open

12,587

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Forks: 1,486
Commits: 3,712 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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TencentCloud/CubeSandbox

Instant, Concurrent, Secure & Lightweight Sandbox for AI Agents.

AI dev

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Rust Axum Gin gRPC Go React Cargo Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#agents #container #sandbox

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-16
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 182 open

10,842

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Forks: 1,001
Commits: 679 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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omnigent-ai/omnigent

Omnigent is an open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness: orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, and custom agents — swap harnesses without rewriting, enforce policies and sandboxing, and collaborate in real time from any device.

AI dev

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Python Actix Web Axum Electron FastAPI Bundler Cargo Gradle

GitHub topics

#agent-framework #agent-governance #agent-orchestration #agents #ai #ai-agent

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2026-06-13
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 967 open

8,884

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Forks: 1,343
Commits: 2,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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NVIDIA/OpenShell

OpenShell is the safe, private runtime for autonomous AI agents.

AI dev

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Rust Axum pytest Cargo npm uv

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-29
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 404 open

7,941

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Forks: 1,128
Commits: 1,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit

AI Agent Governance Toolkit — Policy enforcement, zero-trust identity, execution sandboxing, and reliability engineering for autonomous AI agents. Covers 10/10 OWASP Agentic Top 10.

AI dev

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Python Django FastAPI PydanticAI pytest Cargo .NET SDK Go modules

GitHub topics

#agent-framework #ai-agents #ai-safety #compliance #governance #microsoft

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2026-03-02
License: MIT
Issues: 157 open

5,557

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Forks: 893
Commits: 2,343 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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agentgateway/agentgateway

Next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers

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Rust Axum Cobra gRPC Go React Cargo Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#agents #ai #ai-gateway #api-gateway #gateway-api #kubernetes

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-03-18
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 317 open

4,181

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Forks: 695
Commits: 2,298 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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microsoft/skills

Skills, MCP servers, Custom Agents, Agents.md for SDKs to ground Coding Agents

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TypeScript Astro React Vite Cargo npm pip

GitHub topics

#agent-skills #agents #azure #foundry #mcp #sdk

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-16
License: MIT
Issues: 69 open

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Forks: 343
Commits: 724 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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zerobootdev/zeroboot

Sub-millisecond VM sandboxes for AI agents via copy-on-write forking

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Rust Axum Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #code-execution #copy-on-write #firecracker #kvm #rust

Updated: 2026-03-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-03-15
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 12 open

2,442

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Forks: 108
Commits: 24 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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thClaws/thClaws

Open-source AI agent harness in native Rust — GUI, CLI, headless, and webapp from one binary. Multi-provider, MCP, skills, plugins, agent teams.

AI dev

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Rust Axum React Tailwind CSS Vite Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#agent-harness #agent-teams #ai-agent #anthropic #claude-code #cli

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2026-04-20
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

1,185

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Forks: 164
Commits: 583 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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statewright/statewright

State machine guardrails for AI agents

AI dev

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Rust Axum Tailwind CSS Vite Vue Cargo npm

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-05-04
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

490

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 339 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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manuelschipper/nah

a guard that blocks catastrophic agent actions

AI dev

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Rust Cargo

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-03-10
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

480

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Forks: 25
Commits: 268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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LVTD-LLC/pgsandbox

Agent-facing MCP for disposable Postgres experimentation databases

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Rust Astro Vite Cargo npm

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-05-28
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 304 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +4 +1.3%

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