Self-Hosted AI Agents
Self-hosted agents ranked by verified user ratings.
Self-hosted AI agents run on your own infrastructure, so data never leaves your network and you control the model, updates, and access. The tradeoff is operational overhead. These agents are ranked by verified user ratings from teams running them in production.
AI agents
Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent inside VS Code — plans, edits files, runs commands, and browses with human-in-the-loop approval.
Continue
Open-source IDE assistant for autocomplete, chat, and agent modes — works with any model, local or cloud.
Zed
High-performance, collaborative code editor built for speed with built-in AI agent features. Open-source, created by Atom's founders.
Gemini CLI
Google's open-source Gemini agent for the terminal — large-context coding, file operations, and tool use with a generous free tier.
Roo Code
Open-source VS Code coding agent with custom modes for implementing, architecting, and reviewing — a community fork lineage of Cline.
Goose
Open-source, extensible AI agent from Block that runs locally — handles coding, research, and workflow tasks with MCP tools.
Aider
Open-source AI pair programmer in your terminal — edits code in your local git repo across multiple files with automatic commits.
Vidoly AI Agent
Vidoly.ai is the AI creative agent that helps people turn everyday photos into images and videos worth sharing. From AI hug and kiss videos to pet keepsakes, doooot images, portraits, and social-ready visual templates, Vidoly makes it easy to create expressive content without advanced editing skills. Instead of asking users to start from a blank prompt, Vidoly focuses on guided templates, simple controls, and emotionally resonant results. Users can create memories, playful edits, profile-ready images, and short AI videos in minutes, then share them across social media or use them for personal, creator, and small-business content.
lms
LM Studio CLI
llm
[Unmaintained, see README] An ecosystem of Rust libraries for working with large language models
cactus
Low-latency AI engine for mobile devices & wearables
giskard-oss
🐢 Open-Source Evaluation & Testing library for LLM Agents
Frequently asked questions
What is a self-hosted AI agent?
A self-hosted AI agent runs on infrastructure you control, such as your own cloud account or on-premise servers, rather than the vendor hosting it for you.
Why self-host an AI agent?
Teams self-host mainly for data privacy, compliance, cost control at scale, and the ability to customize or swap models.