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
The most-starred open-source coding agent of 2026 (~183k stars, MIT, TypeScript): a polished terminal TUI with 75+ providers, LSP feedback, Tab-switchable build/plan agents plus background subagents, SKILL.md support, and optional paid model access via OpenCode Go ($10/mo) and pay-as-you-go Zen gateway.
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.