Foundry alternatives

Tools that could take the place of Foundry, ranked by the stacks builders put them in rather than by stars alone.

Other frameworks in the runchr registry that do the work of Foundry — a tool somebody pairs with it ranks above a more popular stranger. Read the Foundry page or browse every frameworks.

  • rufloFrameworksdoes the same work81.1k

    Agent meta-harness for Claude Code and Codex with swarms and memory

  • nanobotFrameworksdoes the same work49.9k

    Lightweight self-hosted Python framework for building personal AI agents.

  • agentscope-javaFrameworksdoes the same work6.3k

    Java framework for building distributed, production-grade, long-running agents.

  • ai-agent-bookFrameworksdoes the same work57.4k

    Open-source book on AI agent design with 109 hands-on experiment projects.

  • CopilotKitFrameworksdoes the same work38.5k

    Frontend stack for building agent-powered apps with chat and generative UI.

  • cuaFrameworksdoes the same work31.9k

    Open-source drivers, sandboxes, and benchmarks for computer-use agents.

  • haystackFrameworksdoes the same work26.9k

    Python framework for building RAG pipelines and agent workflows.

  • openfangFrameworksdoes the same work18.2k

    Rust-based agent operating system for running autonomous scheduled agents.

  • agent-frameworkFrameworksdoes the same work14.6k

    Build production AI agents and multi-agent workflows in Python and .NET.

  • omnigentFrameworksdoes the same work11.3k

    Meta-harness orchestrating Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and custom agents.

  • hiveFrameworksdoes the same work11.1k

    Open-source runtime for colonies of parallel AI agents that do real work.

  • voltagentFrameworksdoes the same work10.9k

    TypeScript framework for building agents with memory, tools, workflows, and MCP.