A field guide to the agent platform zoo, licenses included

What it does It’s an awesome-list — a curated catalog — of open-source AI agent platforms, split into AI coworkers/teammates, agent builders and frameworks, workflow automation platforms, browser agents, and coding agents. Every entry carries a one-line description plus license and hosting notes, which is the part most lists quietly omit. There’s also a browsable website with a comparison table at aiagentplatforms.dev.

The interesting bit The framing is “AI coworkers”: persistent agents you delegate real work to — they sign in to tools, keep context, run on schedules, and return finished work. That’s a sharper taxonomy than the usual “everything is an agent framework” mush, and it forces entries like Airflow and Temporal to justify their place next to CrewAI and LangGraph.

Key highlights

• License and hosting noted per entry — including the fine print like “MIT core, separately licensed enterprise features” and source-available licenses (n8n, LobeChat, Open WebUI).
• Covers the full spectrum: desktop coworkers, frameworks, orchestration, browser agents, coding agents.
• Published selection criteria and contribution guidelines, so it’s not just one maintainer’s bookmarks.
• Ships as both a README and a website with a comparison table.

Caveats

• It’s a list, not a review — descriptions are one-liners, so you still have to do the evaluation yourself.
• Maintained by Agenta, which also appears as an entry; the list is curated, not neutral journalism.

Verdict Worth a bookmark if you’re picking an agent platform and drowning in options — the license/hosting column alone saves an afternoon of repo spelunking. Skip it if you’ve already committed to a stack.