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The best UFO alternatives

6 tools that do a similar job to UFO, 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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UFO

Open-source Windows agent that uses an LLM to operate desktop apps, and a multi-device orchestration layer cal

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    Self-Operating Computer

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.3k

    Lets an AI model look at your screen and control the mouse and keyboard to complete a task.

    Best for: Developers exploring AI computer-use agents; Researchers comparing vision-capable models on desktop tasks

    Full review UFO vs Self-Operating Computer
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    wshobson/agents

    Open source · MIT · ★ 42.1k

    A collection of plugins, agents, skills, and commands that run across several AI coding tools.

    Best for: Developers who already use one of the listed AI coding tools and want ready-made specialist agents; Python or JavaScript/TypeScript developers looking for testing, packaging, or project setup guidance

    Full review UFO vs wshobson/agents
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    RD-Agent

    Open source · MIT · ★ 15.2k

    An AI agent framework that automates parts of data science and R&D work, such as ML competitions and quant res

    Best for: Researchers who want to test automated ML engineering agents on benchmark-style tasks; Data scientists exploring agent-driven model and feature development

    Full review UFO vs RD-Agent
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    DeerFlow

    Open source · MIT · ★ 84.9k

    An open-source agent framework that coordinates sub-agents, memory, and sandboxes for long, multi-step tasks.

    Best for: Developers who want to experiment with multi-agent workflows on their own infrastructure; Researchers running long, multi-step investigations that need memory and sub-agents

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    SWE-agent

    Open source · MIT · ★ 20.7k

    An AI agent that tries to fix GitHub issues automatically, using the language model you choose.

    Best for: Researchers studying autonomous coding agents or running SWE-bench experiments; Developers who want to experiment with an LLM attempting issue fixes in their own repositories

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    Open SWE

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.2k

    Open-source coding agent that takes engineering tasks and delivers pull requests, meant to be self-hosted.

    Best for: Engineering teams that want a self-hosted coding agent they can inspect and adapt; Developers who already run LangChain or LangGraph and want a reference implementation

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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 UFO. We don't take payment for placement.