8 Best Eigent Alternatives in 2026 (Open Source)
Eigent: The Open Source Cowork Desktop - Local and Free Alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex. Open-source desktop application built on CAMEL-AI that provides local, privacy-focused multi-agent workforce automation.
Short answer
- Closest match to Eigent: Kortix.
- Most actively developed: Kortix (8,416 commits in the last 90 days).
- Fastest growing: Cherry Studio (+1,563 GitHub stars in the last 30 days).
- No commit in 6+ months: AgentPilot and Open Assistant API.
These 8 open-source tools do the same job. They are ordered by how closely they match Eigent, with live GitHub data so you can see which projects are actively maintained.
By package downloads Ekko Studio is the most used here (1.4K in the last 30 days), even though Cherry Studio has the most GitHub stars. See all agent tools by downloads.
| Tool | GitHub stars | Stars / 30d | Last commit | Downloads / 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eigent(original) | 15.5k | +20 | 2026-10-02 | — |
| Kortix | 20.2k | +40 | 2026-10-03 | — |
| cc-haha | 14.8k | +560 | 2026-10-03 | — |
| AgentPilot | 569 | +5 | 2025-05-15 | 17 |
| Ekko Studio | 11.3k | +240 | 2026-10-03 | 1.4K |
| Agent Orchestrator | 12.6k | +670 | 2026-10-03 | — |
| Cherry Studio | 52.3k | +1,563 | 2026-10-02 | — |
| DeepCode | 16.7k | +40 | 2026-09-28 | 618 |
| Open Assistant API | 367 | +1 | 2024-12-14 | — |
1. Kortix
The open-source AI Management System
What sets it apart: Open-source alternative to closed platforms like Claude Cowork, with full ownership of agent configuration and infrastructure.
Best for: Companies wanting owned, versioned agent infrastructure; Teams needing agents to deliver finished work like reports or code; Organizations requiring auditability and control over AI agents
2. cc-haha
Cross-platform desktop workspace for Claude Code with multi-agent sessions, Git worktrees, and diff review
What sets it apart: Provides a local-first desktop workspace with Computer Use capability that operates other apps without taking over physical input devices on macOS.
Best for: Developers building Claude Code agents; Teams managing multi-agent workflows; Users needing desktop-based agent development with GUI controls
3. AgentPilot
A versatile workflow automation platform to create, organize, and execute AI workflows, from a single LLM to complex AI-driven workflows.
What sets it apart: vs ChatGPT/Claude desktop: local multi-agent workflow builder with graph-based design, 20+ LLM providers via LiteLLM, branching chats, and built-in multi-language code interpreter
Best for: Power users building complex multi-agent workflows on desktop; Developers wanting visual graph-based agent orchestration with code execution
4. Ekko Studio
Ekko Studio is a local-first AI workspace for multi-agent chat, coding, and visual workflows, available on desktop and the web.
What sets it apart: Combines local-first multi-agent runtime management with visual workflow automation across seven different agent frameworks in one workspace.
Best for: developers building multi-agent systems; teams needing local-first agent workspaces; visual workflow automation for AI agents
5. Agent Orchestrator
Run and supervise teams of coding agents from planning to merge. Any harness (Claude code, codex, +25 more). Desktop, web, mobile, and cloud agents.
What sets it apart: Provides a unified desktop workspace with live Kanban tracking for orchestrating multiple coding agents across the entire development lifecycle from planning to merge.
Best for: managing multi-agent coding projects; supervising agent-driven development workflows; teams needing coordinated coding agents
6. Cherry Studio
AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs
What sets it apart: Unlike Lobe Chat (web-first) or AnythingLLM (RAG-focused), Cherry Studio is a polished Electron desktop client purpose-built for multi-provider LLM access with 300+ pre-built assistants and MCP support, requiring zero environment setup.
Best for: Power users who want a single desktop app to access multiple LLM providers without switching between web UIs; Users who need side-by-side multi-model comparison for prompt testing; Non-technical users wanting a ready-to-use ChatGPT-like desktop experience with no environment setup
7. DeepCode
"DeepCode: Open Agentic Coding (Agent Harness & Loop Engineering & Multi-Agent Orchestration)"
What sets it apart: Provides a complete open framework for engineering and orchestrating multi-agent coding systems with visual workspace interfaces.
Best for: Researchers building agentic coding systems; Developers automating complex coding tasks; Teams implementing multi-agent workflows
8. Open Assistant API
Open-source, self-hosted AI assistant API compatible with OpenAI and supporting LLMs, RAG, and tools
What sets it apart: Open-source OpenAI Assistant API compatible service supporting multiple LLMs via One API, with RAG, web search, and local deployment
Best for: self-hosted-openai-assistant-alternative; multi-llm-assistant-apps; enterprise-local-deployment
FAQ
- What are the best alternatives to Eigent?
- The closest open-source alternatives to Eigent are Kortix, cc-haha and AgentPilot, followed by Ekko Studio, Agent Orchestrator and Cherry Studio. They are ranked by how closely they match what Eigent does.
- Which Eigent alternative is the most popular?
- Cherry Studio has the most GitHub stars among Eigent alternatives, with 52,334 stars.
- Which Eigent alternative is the most actively maintained?
- By recent activity, Kortix (8,416 commits in the last 90 days) is the most actively developed alternative.
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Eigent · Kortix · cc-haha · AgentPilot · Ekko Studio · Agent Orchestrator