Career Ops alternatives (2026)
Career Ops is a personal agents tool: Open-source job search agent that scans job boards and scores each posting against your CV before you apply. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source. Its GitHub repo has 75,234 stars. We found 70 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (personal assistance, research, open-source agents); 42 of them are open source and 9 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with Career Ops, then by GitHub stars.
- OpenClaw (Open source): Open-source personal agent you run yourself and reach over chat apps. Consider it because it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers personal assistants; it has more GitHub stars (391,938 vs 75,234).
- LobeHub (Source-available + cloud): Open-source agent workspace that organizes a team of AI agents for round-the-clock work, with scheduling, reporting and self-hosting or a cloud version. Consider it because it has more GitHub stars (83,300 vs 75,234).
- CowAgent (Open source): Open-source personal assistant and agent harness that plans tasks, runs tools and skills and connects to chat apps. Consider it because it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers planning and task tracking and agent frameworks and SDKs.
- Screenpipe (Source-available + cloud): Records your screen and audio locally so AI agents can search and act on your computer history. Consider it because it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers computer and desktop control and local and self-hosted.
- Leon (Open source): Open-source personal assistant that runs on your own server. Consider it because it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers local and self-hosted and personal assistants.
- Kun (Source-available): Local-first agent workspace for coding, writing, design, research and automation. Consider it because it also covers research and reports and local and self-hosted.
- LobsterAI (Open source): NetEase Youdao's desktop agent for data analysis, slides, documents and web research. Consider it because it also covers RAG and documents and research and reports.
- Sidekick (Open source): Native macOS app for chatting offline with a local LLM that can draw on your files, folders and websites. Consider it because it also covers local and self-hosted.
- Pinvou Agent (Open source): Open-source desktop AI agent workspace for work, design and coding tasks that end in finished deliverables. Consider it because it also covers computer and desktop control and images and design.
- Manus (Freemium): General-purpose autonomous agent that does research and tasks in a cloud computer. Consider it because it also covers research and reports.
Career Ops vs alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Open source / licence | GitHub stars | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Ops | Open source | MIT | 75,234 | personal assistance, research |
| OpenClaw | Open source | MIT | 391,938 | automating workflows, personal assistance |
| LobeHub | Source-available + cloud | No | 83,300 | writing code, personal assistance |
| CowAgent | Open source | MIT | 47,434 | automating workflows, building AI agents |
| Screenpipe | Source-available + cloud | Screenpipe Commercial License (All rights reserved) | 21,958 | building voice agents, personal assistance |
| Leon | Open source | MIT | 17,580 | personal assistance, open-source agents |
| Kun | Source-available | PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 | 6,313 | writing code, automating workflows |
| LobsterAI | Open source | MIT | 6,119 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| Sidekick | Open source | Yes | 3,320 | personal assistance, research |
| Pinvou Agent | Open source | Yes | 2,568 | writing code, controlling a computer |
| Manus | Freemium | No | — | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.