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Developer tools and AI agents, reviewed from the source. Each review records what was built and run locally, separately from what the product claims.

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CREATIVE TOOLS

PhotoCraft

SCORE
7.4

Clean-room Photoshop rebuilt in pure Rust, scriptable over CLI and MCP.

#image-editing#psd#mcp#rust
FreeMIT / Apache-2.0Windows
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DATA & DATABASES

RexaDB

SCORE
6.8

Desktop studio for 100+ databases with RBAC and agent-safe MCP access.

#database#sql#mcp#rbac
FreeGPL-3.0macOS / Windows / Linux
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PERSONAL AGENTS

Xiryn

SCORE
8.0

Personal agent that works inside its own sandboxed Docker desktop.

#computer-use#browser-automation#docker#sandboxing
FreeMITWindows / macOS / Linux
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CODING AGENTS

Farol

SCORE
8.0

Native macOS terminal for running coding agents side by side in separate worktrees.

#terminal#parallel-agents#worktrees#claude-code
FreeMITmacOS
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AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE

Lune

SCORE
8.4

Scientific paper search for agents that abstains instead of guessing.

#research#search#mcp#citations
Free tierMIT (MCP server)Cloud
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AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE

Busabase

SCORE
8.2

Shared system of record where stateless agents propose changes instead of overwriting them.

#agent-memory#system-of-record#mcp#change-proposals
Free tierMITSelf-hosted / Cloud / macOS
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DATA & DATABASES

Databench

SCORE
6.8

Self-hostable multiplayer data workspace where agents' queries and charts stay inspectable.

#data-science#notebooks#sql#analytics
Free tierApache-2.0Self-hosted / Cloud / Web
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CODING AGENTS

OpenBot

SCORE
6.4

Desktop workspace where several coding agents work as persistent teammates.

#multi-agent#workspaces#sandboxing#claude-code
FreePolyForm NoncommercialmacOS / Windows / Linux
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CODING AGENTS

devpit

Native desktop app pairing per-project terminals with a kanban board that runs agents.

#kanban#terminal#worktrees#claude-code
FreeApache-2.0macOS / Linux / Windows
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AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE

SCMD

Local review deck for pruning Claude Code's persistent memories.

#agent-memory#claude-code#local-first#node
FreeMITCLI / Web
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CODING AGENTS

Firetower

Control plane that runs coding agents on remote machines in isolated worktrees.

#remote-agents#orchestration#worktrees#tmux
AGPL-3.0Self-hosted / macOS / Linux
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CODING AGENTS

Bruto

In-repo task board and MCP server that you and your coding agents share.

#task-board#mcp#local-first#git
FreeMITWeb
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CODING AGENTS

GitBot

Local web hub that runs Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode as reusable bots.

#multi-agent#claude-code#codex#opencode
FreeMITWeb / CLI
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SECURITY & GUARDRAILS

iFixAi

Open-source CLI that audits AI agents with a judge model and grades them A to F.

#ai-audit#evals#llm-judge#safety
Apache-2.0CLI
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SECURITY & GUARDRAILS

Vantage

Local proxy and hooks that police coding-agent tool calls and estimate their cost.

#guardrails#secrets#policy#claude-code
FreeMITCLI
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DEVELOPER UTILITIES

DEV·TV

Developer news in a TV frame for an always-on office screen.

#developer-news#dashboard#single-file#browser
FreeMITWeb
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OBSERVABILITY

Opaline

Team analytics for Claude Code and Codex sessions, built from uploaded transcripts.

#session-analytics#claude-code#codex#telemetry
Free tierMIT (CLI)CLI / Cloud
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SECURITY & GUARDRAILS

Prowler Cloud

Cloud security scanner with an AI layer that reads findings without write access to your cloud.

#cloud-security#compliance#mcp#aws
PaidApache-2.0Cloud / Self-hosted / CLI
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AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE

Ruby UTCP

Ruby client that lets agents call tools directly from a JSON manual instead of an MCP server.

#tool-calling#utcp#mcp#ruby
FreeMITLibrary
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DEVELOPER UTILITIES

Termphin

Android SSH client whose Rust helper keeps your shell running on the server.

#ssh#terminal#mobile#persistent-sessions
FreeProprietary app, MIT agentAndroid
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AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE

Weave Router 2.0

Cache-aware model router that picks a cheaper model for each coding-agent turn.

#model-routing#prompt-caching#proxy#claude-code
ELv2Self-hosted
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OBSERVABILITY

OpenObserve AI Observability

Agent and LLM tracing stored next to your logs, metrics and traces.

#llm-tracing#logs#metrics#traces
Free tierAGPL-3.0Self-hosted / Cloud
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CODING AGENTS

Mastra Factory

Issue-to-PR pipeline run by coding agents, with human gates between stages.

#sdlc#agent-pipeline#github#linear
Apache-2.0 + EECloud / Web
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BUSINESS APPS

Relaticle

Open-source CRM whose AI agents have to ask before they change records.

#crm#mcp#approval-gates#laravel
Free tierAGPL-3.0Self-hosted / Web
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