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OpenClaw
Self-hosted agent runtime and gateway
Self-hosted, model-agnostic assistant with a persistent gateway to chat channels and tools.
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Hermes Agent
Self-hosted agent
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Letta Code
General-purpose agent with persistent state
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General desktop agent with coding and work modes
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Agent Zero
Self-hosted work agent
Open work agent with a Linux environment for browsers, files, code and documents.
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Gemini agent
Announced universal cloud agent
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