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About Open Tool Watch
Open Tool Watch is a guide for people choosing open-source AI agent tools. Each tool has a short card written from its own README, the guides compare tools for one job, and a monthly log records what changed.
Nobody here has run these tools. A card passes on what the project's own README says, so read it as a pointer to the project and not a verdict on it. This is a trial version: the name, the list and the wording may all change.
What the cards are
Each card shows the day it was written. Agent tools can run code, use a browser and hold keys, so read a project's own warnings before you install anything. A card lists points to check only where the project's material gives them, and a card with none is not a clean bill of health.
Where the figures come from
Star counts, forks, open issues, licences and dates come from GitHub and are shown with the day they were read. Licences are given as GitHub detects them, without comment on what they allow. A star count is a count, not a verdict.
The monthly log
Growth is the difference in a tool's stars between two monthly readings, shown with both dates. A tool is marked quiet when it has had no push for 90 days, and archived when GitHub marks it archived.
What is not here
There is no ranking and no best tool. A guide sets out how the tools for one job differ and leaves the choice to you. There are no sponsors and no paid listings.
Videos
A few tools have a video that shows them in use. Each one plays in YouTube's own embedded player, with YouTube's own controls. Nothing is downloaded, rehosted or altered. Titles and thumbnails are shown as YouTube provides them. Notes on a video are written from what its maker says about it.
Corrections and removal
If a detail of your project or your video is wrong, or you would like it removed, use the contact details on the privacy page.