Free & open-source AI bots
Every bot you can start using for free, including free tiers and open-source projects.
Your AI tool here
Reach people actively choosing a bot. Clearly labelled, one advertiser per slot.
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Visual workflow builder with AI agent nodes, so you can wire an LLM to email, sheets, CRMs and 400+ apps without writing a backend.
Zapier Agents
Describe a task in plain English and an agent runs it across the thousands of apps Zapier already connects to.
Make
Drag-and-drop scenarios with AI modules for routing, summarizing and replying; good for multi-step back-office flows.
Lindy
No-code AI assistants that triage email, book meetings and draft follow-ups from templates.
Shortwave
Gmail client with an AI assistant you can ask to find, summarize and write emails across your history.
Inbox Zero
Open-source AI email assistant that writes rules in plain English to label, archive and reply for you.
Buffer AI Assistant
Scheduler with a built-in writing helper that repurposes one idea into posts for each network.
Typefully
Writing and scheduling app for X, LinkedIn and Threads with AI rewrites and post ideas.
OpusClip
Turns long videos and streams into short vertical clips with captions and a virality score.
Descript
Edit video by editing the transcript; AI removes filler words, fixes audio and cuts clips.
Clay
Spreadsheet-style prospecting that pulls from many data providers and uses AI to research and personalize outreach.
Apollo.io
B2B contact database plus AI-written sequences to find and email prospects in one place.
Firecrawl
Turns any website into clean markdown or structured data for agents, handy for building prospect lists.
Crawl4AI
Python crawler that outputs LLM-ready markdown, with async crawling and extraction strategies.
Browser Use
Lets an AI agent drive a real browser: click, type and read pages to finish web tasks.
Perplexity
Answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources, with deeper research mode for reports.
NotebookLM
Upload docs, PDFs and links, then ask questions or get an audio overview grounded only in your sources.
GPT Researcher
Agent that plans questions, browses many sources and writes a cited research report.
DeerFlow
Long-horizon research-and-code agent harness from ByteDance with tools, sandboxes and sub-agents.
RAGFlow
Retrieval engine that reads messy documents and lets a chatbot answer from them with citations.
AnythingLLM
All-in-one desktop app to chat with your files and run agents using local or cloud models.
Cursor
AI code editor with an agent that plans, edits many files and runs commands in your project.
Gemini CLI
Open-source terminal agent from Google that can read, edit and run code using Gemini models.
Aider
Pair-programming in the terminal that edits your git repo and commits each change with a message.
Cline
VS Code agent that plans, edits files and uses the terminal, with approval on every step.
Goose
Extensible local agent that installs, edits, runs and tests code with any LLM and MCP tools.
Bolt.new
Prompt a full-stack web app in the browser, then edit, run and deploy it without setup.
Lovable
Describe an app and get a working React site with a database you can keep editing by chat.
v0
Generates UI and full Next.js apps from prompts and screenshots, deployable to Vercel.
Replit Agent
Builds, hosts and deploys apps from a prompt entirely in the browser.
Tidio Lyro
Live chat widget with an AI agent that answers FAQs on small store and service sites.
Chatbase
Train a chatbot on your site and docs, then embed it as a support widget.
Botpress
Visual builder for LLM chatbots on web, WhatsApp and more, with knowledge bases and flows.
Typebot
Open-source chat form builder with OpenAI blocks; embed conversational funnels on any site.
Voiceflow
Team tool for designing and launching chat and voice agents with a visual canvas.
MEE6
Popular Discord bot for moderation, levels and welcome messages, plus AI features.
Carl-bot
Reaction roles, automod and custom commands for growing Discord communities.
Dyno
Moderation and automation bot with a web dashboard for Discord servers.
llmcord
Self-hosted Discord bot that lets members chat with any LLM, including local models.
Nightbot
Chat bot for Twitch and YouTube streams with commands, timers and spam filters.
Streamer.bot
Desktop automation hub for streams that triggers actions on chat, follows and redeems.
CrewAI
Python framework for teams of role-playing agents that split up and finish a job together.
LangGraph
Library for building stateful, controllable agents as graphs with memory and human checkpoints.
Flowise
Drag-and-drop builder for chatbots and agents on top of LangChain, self-hostable.
Dify
Platform for building AI apps and agents with a visual workflow, RAG and an API.
Activepieces
Open-source Zapier alternative with AI steps and MCP support.
Mem0
Memory layer that lets your agent remember users and facts across sessions.
Hermes Agent
Nous Research's self-improving personal agent that learns skills as you use it.
HuggingChat
Free chat with open-source models, with web search and community assistants.
Ollama
Run open models on your own computer with one command; many bots plug into it.
Open WebUI
ChatGPT-style interface for local and cloud models with docs, tools and multi-user support.
Gamma
Turns a prompt or outline into a presentation, doc or simple website.
AI Agents for Beginners
Microsoft's free 18-lesson course on building your first AI agents.
Windsurf
AI-native editor whose Cascade agent tracks what you're doing and makes multi-file edits for you.
GitHub Copilot
Autocomplete, chat and a coding agent that can open pull requests from GitHub issues.
OpenAI Codex CLI
Lightweight open-source terminal agent from OpenAI that reads, edits and runs code locally.
opencode
Open-source terminal coding agent with a polished TUI that works with many model providers.
Continue
Open-source assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that plugs into any model, including local ones.
Roo Code
VS Code agent with custom modes (architect, coder, debugger) so one bot can play several roles.
OpenHands
Autonomous software agent that writes code, runs commands and browses docs inside a sandbox.
Zed
Very fast open-source editor with built-in agent panel and support for external agents.
Firebase Studio
Google's browser workspace that prototypes full-stack apps from prompts and deploys to Firebase.
Rosebud AI
Describe a game and get a playable browser game you can remix and share.
Ludo.ai
Game-ideation assistant: market research on games, concept generation, sprites and trailer mockups.
Scenario
Train image models on your art style to generate consistent game assets.
Meshy
Text or image to 3D model, with textures, ready for Unity, Unreal and Blender.
Convai
Conversational AI NPCs with voice and actions, with Unity and Unreal plugins.
AI Town
Starter kit for a virtual town where AI characters live, chat and remember each other.
Mindcraft
LLM-powered Minecraft bot that follows chat commands to build, mine and craft.
Voyager
Research agent that learns new skills in Minecraft by writing and reusing its own code.
SillyTavern
Local front-end for role-play and character chat with any model, plus TTS and image add-ons.
Character.AI
Chat with or create AI characters; popular for fan fiction and game-character role-play.
AI Dungeon
Text adventure where an AI narrator reacts to anything you type.
Ticket Tool
Support-ticket bot for Discord with panels, transcripts and staff roles.
Wick
Security bot that stops raids, nukes and spam bots on Discord servers.
Arcane
Leveling, XP rewards and engagement bot for Discord communities.
discord.js
The standard Node.js library for building your own Discord bot, AI-powered or not.
AutoGen
Microsoft's framework for agents that talk to each other to solve tasks.
OpenAI Agents SDK
Small Python SDK for agents with tools, handoffs, guardrails and tracing.
Pydantic AI
Type-safe Python agent framework from the Pydantic team with structured outputs.
smolagents
Hugging Face's minimal library where agents write and run Python code as their actions.
Mastra
TypeScript framework for agents, workflows, RAG and evals.
Vercel AI SDK
TypeScript toolkit for chat UIs, streaming and tool-calling across model providers.
LM Studio
Desktop app to download, chat with and serve open models locally with a friendly UI.
Jan
Open-source offline ChatGPT alternative that runs models on your own computer.
GPT4All
Runs local models on ordinary laptops and can chat with your private documents.
llama.cpp
The C/C++ engine behind most local-model apps; run GGUF models fast on CPU or GPU.
LocalAI
Self-hosted, OpenAI-compatible API for text, images and audio on your own hardware.
vLLM
High-throughput model server for running open models on GPUs in production.
KoboldCpp
One-file local model runner popular for stories and role-play, with a built-in UI.
Text Generation WebUI
Gradio web UI for running and chatting with local models across many backends.
ComfyUI
Node-based local image and video generation workflows, widely used for game art.
Msty
Desktop chat app that mixes local and cloud models with side-by-side comparisons.
ElevenLabs Agents
Voice agents built on ElevenLabs voices, for websites, apps and phone lines.
LiveKit Agents
Open-source framework for realtime voice and video AI agents.
Pipecat
Python framework for voice and multimodal conversational agents.
Wispr Flow
Voice dictation that cleans up your speech into polished text in any app, great for prompting.
superwhisper
Mac dictation with local Whisper models and AI modes that reformat what you say.
Browserbase
Headless browsers in the cloud built for AI agents, with sessions and stealth.
Stagehand
Browser automation that mixes code and plain-English actions on top of Playwright.
Skyvern
Browser agent that fills forms and completes workflows on sites it's never seen.
Playwright MCP
Lets any MCP-capable assistant drive a real browser through Playwright.
Manus
General-purpose cloud agent that researches, builds slides and sites, and runs long tasks.
Elicit
Finds and summarizes academic papers and extracts data into tables.
Consensus
Search engine that answers questions from peer-reviewed research.
Relevance AI
Build an AI workforce of agents for sales research, outreach and ops without code.
PhantomBuster
Prebuilt automations that collect leads and run outreach on LinkedIn and the web.
Gumloop
No-code AI automation canvas for scraping, enrichment and document workflows.
Relay.app
Automations with AI steps and human-in-the-loop approvals built in.
Pipedream
Code-friendly workflows and thousands of API integrations, plus MCP servers for agents.
Fireflies.ai
Joins your calls to record, transcribe and summarize meetings with action items.
Granola
Notepad that listens to meetings without a bot and turns your notes into clean summaries.
Reclaim.ai
Auto-schedules tasks, habits and meetings around your calendar.
Crisp
Shared inbox and chat widget with an AI bot trained on your content.
HeyGen
AI avatar videos and video translation with lip-sync for social and marketing.
CapCut
Video editor with auto-captions, AI effects and templates for short-form content.
Higgsfield
AI video and image studio with cinematic camera presets for ads and social clips.
Suno
Generates full songs from a prompt, handy for stream intros and game jams.