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LobeHub alternatives (2026)

LobeHub is a personal agents tool: 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. Pricing, as the maker states it: Source-available + cloud. Its GitHub repo has 83,300 stars. We found 70 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (writing code, personal assistance, open-source agents); 43 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 LobeHub, then by GitHub stars.

  1. 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 is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers computer and desktop control and images and design.
  2. OpenClaw (Open source): Open-source personal agent you run yourself and reach over chat apps. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers personal assistants.
  3. Career Ops (Open source): Open-source job search agent that scans job boards and scores each posting against your CV before you apply. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it.
  4. 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 open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers planning and task tracking and agent frameworks and SDKs.
  5. LibreChat (Open source): Self-hosted, multi-user AI chat platform with agents, MCP, skills, code interpreter and support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS, Azure and many more providers. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers local and self-hosted and rules, skills and config.
  6. agenticSeek (Open source): Fully local autonomous agent that browses, codes and plans without paid APIs. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers planning and task tracking and local and self-hosted.
  7. Leon (Open source): Open-source personal assistant that runs on your own server. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers local and self-hosted and personal assistants.
  8. 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.
  9. OpenAgent (Open source): Self-hostable personal AI assistant shipped as one binary, combining LLMs, a knowledge base and agent loops with computer, browser and coding use. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers RAG and documents and browser automation.
  10. Orkas (Open source): Local-first multi-agent desktop app where a commander model coordinates specialist agents and your installed coding CLIs. Consider it because it is open source, so you can self-host and inspect it; it also covers computer and desktop control and multi-agent orchestration.

LobeHub vs alternatives at a glance

ToolPricingOpen source / licenceGitHub starsGood for
LobeHubSource-available + cloudNo83,300writing code, personal assistance
Pinvou AgentOpen sourceYes2,568writing code, controlling a computer
OpenClawOpen sourceMIT391,938automating workflows, personal assistance
Career OpsOpen sourceMIT75,234personal assistance, research
CowAgentOpen sourceMIT47,434automating workflows, building AI agents
LibreChatOpen sourceYes45,910writing code, customer support
agenticSeekOpen sourceGNU GPL v3.027,499writing code, personal assistance
LeonOpen sourceMIT17,580personal assistance, open-source agents
KunSource-availablePolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.06,313writing code, automating workflows
OpenAgentOpen sourceYes5,698writing code, browsing the web
OrkasOpen sourceYes2,203writing code, controlling a computer

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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.

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