AI agent frameworks and developer tools
Recent window: last 5.2 months
(2026-04-24 → 2026-09-28), compared with the prior
5.2 months.
horizontal · 609 members ·
Data as of 2026-09-30
These products provide underlying models, developer frameworks, runtime environments, and observability platforms designed to build and run autonomous AI agents. They are used by software engineers and technical teams deploying agentic workflows and coding automation into production. The cluster is distinguished from general AI applications by its focus on developer infrastructure, execution security, and debugging tools for agent orchestration.
Metrics
- Stage
- crowded
- Recent count
- 346
- Prior count
- 242
- Total count
- 609
- Momentum
- 42.98
- Attention
- 0.54
- Crowding
- 0.99
- Concentration
- 0.84
- Opportunity
- 0.27
Opportunity components
- Attention
- 0.54
- Low crowding
- 0.01
- Momentum (normalized)
- 0.36
- Low concentration
- 0.16
Source split
- github
- 13 (0.04)
- hn
- 175 (0.51)
- ph
- 158 (0.46)
- yc
- 0 (0.00)
Dominant source: hn · Divergence: 0.51
Members
|
Name
|
Source
|
Upvotes ▼
|
Launched
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| AgentPort |
HN |
8 |
2026-04-29 |
| Stanford's ACE paper was just open sourced |
HN |
8 |
2025-12-03 |
| Agent-contracts, contract-based LangGraph agents |
HN |
8 |
2026-01-09 |
| I built an AI that generates full-stack apps in 30 seconds |
HN |
8 |
2025-11-03 |
| Overitall, a Procfile runner like overmind with log multiplexing |
HN |
8 |
2026-01-28 |
| Disclarion |
PH |
8 |
2026-09-22 |
| NUA an agent that tests for product correctness |
HN |
8 |
2026-06-02 |
| Magpie, a CLI to Turn Your AI Agent into a Bookkeeper |
HN |
8 |
2026-07-28 |
| I left VSCode to build an IDE to handle many projects/agents workflow |
HN |
8 |
2026-07-28 |
| Zeroclawed: Secure Agent Gateway |
HN |
8 |
2026-04-10 |
| Multiplayer, a debugging agent to run locally next to your coding agent |
HN |
8 |
2026-05-28 |
| Open-Source Visual Wiki Your Coding Agent Writes for You |
HN |
8 |
2025-11-21 |
| We vibe coded our team's issue tracker, knowledge base, telemetry board |
HN |
8 |
2025-12-09 |
| Running AI agents across environments needs a proper solution |
HN |
8 |
2026-03-24 |
| Castra |
HN |
8 |
2026-04-01 |
| CodeAlmanac |
HN |
8 |
2026-07-09 |
| claude-io-guard |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-27 |
| OpenClaw-superpowers |
HN |
8 |
2026-03-15 |
| Revenant |
HN |
8 |
2026-06-22 |
| Plano |
HN |
8 |
2026-01-06 |
| OctopusGarden |
HN |
8 |
2026-03-03 |
| Maritime, a platform for running AI agents for $1 a month |
HN |
8 |
2026-08-18 |
| HyperFlow |
HN |
8 |
2026-04-11 |
| Brooks-Lint |
HN |
8 |
2026-06-11 |
| Recurse |
HN |
8 |
2026-09-25 |
| Luther Enterprise: Dev platform for operating end-to-end mega workflows |
HN |
8 |
2026-01-07 |
| MetaBrain |
HN |
8 |
2026-06-02 |
| VizTools |
HN |
7 |
2026-03-28 |
| Colin, a context engine for keeping agent skills fresh |
HN |
7 |
2026-01-26 |
| Lific: Issue trackers should be simple, right? |
HN |
7 |
2026-07-17 |
| A package manager for agent skills with built-in evals |
HN |
7 |
2026-02-05 |
| OpenShears |
HN |
7 |
2026-02-04 |
| Open-source skills for end-to-end video ad campaigns |
HN |
7 |
2026-09-29 |
| Ably AI Transport |
HN |
7 |
2026-01-21 |
| Rowboat |
HN |
7 |
2026-01-21 |
| Aiaiai.guide: Plain-English mental model for LLM apps, tools and agents |
HN |
7 |
2026-04-06 |
| Viberails |
HN |
7 |
2026-02-04 |
| Render Workflows |
HN |
7 |
2026-04-09 |
| Dbg |
HN |
7 |
2026-04-13 |
| I built a firewall for agents because prompt engineering isn't security |
HN |
7 |
2026-01-19 |
| Alchemize |
HN |
7 |
2026-08-11 |
| ZeroThesis |
HN |
7 |
2026-09-06 |
| Sageling |
HN |
7 |
2026-09-04 |
| ContextOS |
PH |
7 |
2026-09-16 |
| A visual CI/CD system |
HN |
7 |
2026-04-22 |
| iClaw is part OpenClaw, part Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence |
HN |
7 |
2026-04-28 |
| Budibase Agents Beta |
HN |
7 |
2026-03-19 |
| Inflexa |
HN |
7 |
2026-07-21 |
| Computer Agents |
HN |
7 |
2026-03-01 |
| frank |
GITHUB |
7 |
2026-09-12 |