7,363 open-source and SaaS tools, with GitHub stats refreshed every day.

1,000 tools · 182 open-source · 818 SaaS

The best AI tools. Ranked by real activity.

Every AI tool on Enlisted, ordered by GitHub stars, growth and recent releases. Open-source and SaaS options side by side.

The top-ranked open-source AI tool on Enlisted is OpenClaw (391k GitHub stars), followed by OpenCode and AutoGPT. Among SaaS products, other tools on Enlisted are most often compared with Cursor, Claude and InVideo.

Enlisted lists 1,000 AI tools: 182 open source and 818 SaaS. 137 of the open-source ones can be self-hosted on your own server or computer. The most common open-source licences here are MIT (76 tools), Apache-2.0 (38) and AGPL-3.0 (22). The open-source ones are most often listed as alternatives to ChatGPT, Claude and Microsoft Copilot.

Last updated October 3, 2026 · ranked by GitHub stars, growth and recent commits

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AI tools: questions

What is the best open-source AI tool?
OpenClaw is the top-ranked open-source AI tool on Enlisted, with 391k GitHub stars. It is followed by OpenCode, AutoGPT and Open WebUI.
What are the best free AI tools?
The top-ranked open-source AI tools with a standard licence are OpenCode (MIT), ComfyUI (GPL-3.0) and Codex CLI (Apache-2.0), so their code is free to use. 316 of the 818 SaaS products here have a free plan, including Cursor, Claude and Chatbase.
Which AI tools can be self-hosted?
137 of the 182 open-source AI tools on Enlisted can be self-hosted on your own server or computer; the top-ranked are OpenClaw, AutoGPT and Open WebUI.
How are these AI tools ranked?
Open-source tools are ordered by a score built from GitHub stars, star growth over the last 30 days and how recently the code changed; 118 of the 182 had new commits or a release in the last 30 days. SaaS products have no public repository, so they get a fixed baseline score. GitHub data is refreshed daily, and nobody can pay to move up.