The best Eliza alternatives
6 tools that do a similar job to Eliza, 6 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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ElizaAn open-source TypeScript framework and app stack for building autonomous AI agents.
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LangChain
Open source · MIT · ★ 149k
A Python framework for building AI agents and apps powered by language models.
Best for: Python developers building LLM-powered applications; Teams that want to switch between model providers without rewriting code
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CrewAI
Open source · MIT · ★ 60.4k
Python framework for building teams of role-playing AI agents that work together on tasks.
Best for: Python developers prototyping multi-agent workflows; Teams that want role-based agents collaborating on a task
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VoltAgent
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.9k
TypeScript framework and platform for building AI agents with memory, tools, workflows, and observability.
Best for: TypeScript or Node.js developers building AI agents; Teams that want multi-agent setups with a supervisor routing tasks to sub-agents
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Material for MkDocs
Open source · MIT · ★ 27.6k
A theme for MkDocs that turns Markdown files into a searchable documentation website.
Best for: Open source maintainers who want a clean docs site for a project; Teams that already write documentation in Markdown
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OpenUI
Open source · MIT · ★ 14.7k
Open standard and toolkit for AI models to generate and stream live user interfaces.
Best for: Developers adding AI-generated charts, forms, or tables to a web app; Teams building chat assistants or copilots that answer with interactive UI
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Quivr
Open source · MIT · ★ 39.6k
Open-source engine that ingests content streams and makes them searchable and monitorable, in evaluation stage
Best for: Developers building a search or monitoring pipeline over a stream of documents; Teams who want to evaluate a self-hosted, plugin-based ingestion and search engine
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Eliza. We don't take payment for placement.