$ find your agent harness

A curated, verified, cross-vendor directory of AI agent harnesses — the runtime scaffolding that turns a model into an agent.

74 harnesses profiled · 9-axis capability schema · last verified 2026-07-08

14 of 74 harnesses · sorted by stars

browser-use · Browser Use Inc. (YC-backed, SF)

103,000 · high

MIT-licensed Python library (103k stars) that lets any LLM drive a real Chrome browser via DOM+vision instead of brittle selectors, now flanked by a desktop app and a usage-based cloud with stealth browsers, proxies, and a 24/7 'Browser Use Box' agent.

General / computer-useopen-sourcebyok✓ mcp✓ local modelsoptional

Codex CLI · OpenAI

96,138 · high

OpenAI's open-source (Apache-2.0) Rust-rewritten terminal coding agent, distinguished by kernel-level OS sandboxing (Apple Seatbelt on macOS, Landlock/seccomp on Linux), a 272K-1M token context with GPT-5.x Codex models, MCP support, and cloud handoff to Codex web tasks.

Vendor CLI agentsopen-sourcesubscription✓ mcp✓ local modelsos-sandbox

OpenHands · All Hands AI / OpenHands

79,895 · high

Formerly OpenDevin, the leading open-source autonomous software-engineering platform: Docker-sandboxed agents that write code, run commands, browse, and open PRs, with a production agent SDK hitting 72% on SWE-bench Verified (Claude Sonnet 4.5) and its own broader OpenHands Index benchmark launched Jan 2026.

OSS coding harnessesopen-sourcefreemium✓ mcp✓ skills✓ local modelscontainer

CrewAI · CrewAI Inc.

55,117 · high

MIT-licensed Python framework (~55k stars) for role-based multi-agent 'Crews' plus event-driven 'Flows', with unified memory, hierarchical delegation, and a commercial AMP cloud platform (free tier, Pro from ~$25/mo, enterprise) that CrewAI says powered ~2B agentic executions in the year to January 2026.

Runtimes & SDKsopen-sourcefreemium✓ mcp✓ local modelsoptional

LangGraph · LangChain

36,751 · high

Low-level graph-based agent orchestration runtime with automatic checkpointing, durable execution, human-in-the-loop interrupts, and streaming (v1.2 in May 2026 added typed streaming, per-node timeouts, and distributed runtime), used in production by Klarna, LinkedIn, Uber, and Replit and serving as the substrate under Deep Agents.

Runtimes & SDKsopen-sourcefreemium✓ mcp✓ local models

Mastra · Mastra (Gatsby founders)

25,927 · high

The leading TypeScript agent framework (Apache 2.0 core since July 2025; some enterprise features commercial) offering agents, type-safe workflows with suspend/resume human-in-the-loop, memory, a unified router to 3,300+ models across ~94 providers, guardrails/scorers/tracing, Mastra Studio for interactive testing, and file-based agent definitions added July 2026.

Runtimes & SDKsopen-sourcefreemium✓ mcp✓ local models

Kilo CLI · Kilo (Kilo Code)

25,785 · medium

Kilo's open-source terminal agent (Kilo CLI 1.0, built on the MIT-licensed OpenCode foundation) distinguished by support for 500+ models with zero-markup BYOK pricing, an MCP marketplace, and cross-surface continuity where a task can move between Slack, VS Code/JetBrains, cloud, and terminal.

Vendor CLI agentsopen-sourcebyok✓ mcp✓ local models

Kilo Code · Kilo (Kilo-Org)

25,785 · high

The Cline/Roo merger-fork turned all-in-one agentic platform (~26k stars, 3M+ users): IDE extension, CLI, and hosted KiloClaw background agent reachable via Telegram/Discord/Slack, with 500+ models, mid-task model switching, an MCP marketplace, subagents (GA April 2026), and optional Kilo Pass credits from $19/mo.

OSS coding harnessesopen-sourcefreemium✓ mcp✓ local modelsoptional

Letta · Letta (formerly MemGPT, UC Berkeley spinout)

23,701 · high

Apache-2.0 platform for stateful agents descended from MemGPT, distinguished by tiered self-editing memory persisted in a database (core memory in-context, archival out-of-context) plus 2026 research on git-based 'Context Repositories' and memory-native RL; in 2026 the company is consolidating around Letta Code, an open, model-agnostic memory-first coding agent harness (LettaBot archived May 2026 and folded in as Channels).

Runtimes & SDKsopen-sourcefreemium✓ mcp✓ local modelsoptional

The AutoGen + Semantic Kernel convergence (1.0 GA April 2026) for .NET and Python, whose BUILD 2026 'Agent Harness' made production patterns first-class — shell/filesystem access, human-in-the-loop approvals, context compaction, todo tracking, plan/execute modes, AgentSkillsProvider skill discovery, and BackgroundAgentsProvider subagents — with hosted execution via Microsoft Foundry.

Runtimes & SDKsopen-sourcebyok✓ mcp✓ skills✓ local modelsoptional

GitHub Copilot agent mode (VS Code) · GitHub / Microsoft

high

Copilot's agent mode inside VS Code (extension itself MIT open-sourced; backend service proprietary) iterates on errors, runs tools/terminal, and applies multi-file edits, distinguished by deep GitHub-ecosystem reach: MCP support, SKILL.md Agent Skills (added April 2026), custom .agent.md agents, a multi-vendor model picker with Ollama BYOK, and a cloud 'coding agent' that works issues into PRs on GitHub Actions.

IDE & desktopopen-sourcefreemium✓ mcp✓ skills✓ local modelsoptional

JetBrains Junie · JetBrains

medium

JetBrains' autonomous coding agent for IntelliJ-family IDEs (plus a Junie CLI that left beta March 2026 with BYOK/OpenRouter routing and CI/CD support), distinguished by leverage of the IDE's code index, a confirmation-gated loop with opt-in 'Brave Mode', Docker/worktree-isolated parallel tasks, remote cloud execution mode, and a companion Claude Agent built on Anthropic's Agent SDK.

IDE & desktopproprietaryfreemium✓ mcp✓ local modelsoptional

Cosine (Genie) · Cosine

medium

YC-backed autonomous software engineer that picks up tickets from GitHub/Jira/Linear and opens tested PRs end-to-end across CLI, desktop, VS Code and cloud, distinguished by its own in-house Lumen model family (including on-device Scout and air-gapped sovereign variants for regulated industries like HSBC/NatWest/BAE) and the April 2026 'Swarm' feature for parallel long-horizon agents; credit-based seats at $20 (Hobby) and $200 (Professional).

Cloud / backgroundproprietarysubscription✓ local modelsoptional

Runner H · H Company (Paris)

medium

Cloud web-agent from DeepMind-alumni startup H Company ($220M seed) that orchestrates sub-agents over its own Holo vision-language action models (92.2% WebVoyager at ~$0.13/task via open-sourced Surfer-H), with Holo 3 in 2026 targeting any-UI enterprise automation.

General / computer-useproprietaryfreemium✓ local modelscloud-remote
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