$ 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

2 of 74 harnesses · sorted by stars

Claw Code · Community (ultraworkers; initiated by Sigrid Jin)

★ 194,649 · low

The clean-room Rust/Python rewrite of Claude Code's harness architecture born hours after the March 31, 2026 source leak — reportedly the fastest-growing repo in GitHub history (~195k stars) with permission-gated tools, MCP, agent swarms, and container-first deployment — though the project is chaotic, largely agent-maintained, and its details vary across sources.

OSS coding harnessesopen-sourcebyok✓ mcp✓ local models⛨ optional

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 models⛨ optional