Best AI agents and automation tools in October 2026

Agents that take a task and carry it out across apps and the web, and the automation platforms that wire tools together without code. Below are the 24 that Raunak picked, in Radar's order, then the most popular of the other 1,036 in this category on Radar.

1. 1n8nVisual workflow automation with AI agents, self-host it for free or use their cloud.Free plan
2. 2ZapierConnects thousands of apps, now with AI steps and agents in the middle.Free plan
3. 3MakeDrag-and-drop automations across your apps, with AI wherever you need it.Free plan
4. 4ManusA general agent that researches, builds and delivers whole tasks on its own computer.Free plan
5. 5LindyAI assistants for email, meetings and the admin around them, set up in plain English.Free plan
6. 6GumloopNo-code AI workflows and agents that plug into the tools a team already uses.Free plan
7. 7Browser UseOpen-source library that lets AI agents use websites like a person would.Open source
8. 8DifyOpen-source platform for building AI apps, RAG and agent workflows visually.Open source
9. 9FlowiseDrag-and-drop builder for LLM agents and chatbots, open source.Open source
10. 10CrewAIA Python framework for teams of agents that each take a role and work together.Open source
11. 11GensparkA 'super agent' that researches, calls, books and builds documents for you.Free plan
12. 12Relevance AIBuild a team of AI agents for sales, support and research, without code.Free plan
13. 13Ronie: 3D AI Website AgentA free 3D AI agent for any website: grounded answers, an on-device neural voice, expressions, moves and games. An open template you can reuse.Open source
14. 14BardeenAutomates browser busywork, scraping, CRM updates, outreach.Free plan
15. 15CometPerplexity's browser, with an assistant that can do things on pages for you.Free
16. 16ChatGPT AtlasOpenAI's browser with ChatGPT built in, and an agent mode that browses for you.Free
17. 17DiaThe Browser Company's AI browser: chat with your tabs and automate tasks.Free plan
18. 18ActivepiecesOpen-source automation with AI agents, an alternative to Zapier you can host.Open source
19. 19PipedreamConnect APIs with code or no code, and build agents on thousands of integrations.Free plan
20. 20Copilot StudioMicrosoft's builder for custom agents across Microsoft 365 and Teams.Paid
21. 21FinIntercom's customer-service agent that resolves support conversations on its own.Paid
22. 22VoiceflowDesign, test and launch chat and voice agents for customer support.Free plan
23. 23BotpressBuild AI chatbots and agents for websites and messaging apps.Free plan
24. 24LangflowA visual builder for agents and RAG apps, open source.Open source

Free to start: n8n, Zapier, Make all have a free plan or are free outright.

Popular open-source AI agents and automation tools on GitHub

By stars on GitHub.

1. reaReverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.★ 301,970
2. superpowersAn agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.★ 301,037
3. hermes-agentThe agent that grows with you★ 254,592
4. TradingAgentsTradingAgents: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework★ 111,656
5. paperclipThe open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work★ 103,437
6. ragflowRAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create…★ 92,369
7. worldmonitorReal-time global intelligence dashboard. AI-powered news aggregation, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking in a unified…★ 88,603
8. Scrapling🕷️ An adaptive Web Scraping framework that handles everything from a single request to a full-scale crawl! Don't be shy, join here:…★ 88,242
9. crawl4aiOpen-source web crawler and scraper for LLMs and AI agents: any website into clean, LLM-ready Markdown. Run it yourself, or use Crawl4AI…★ 85,700
10. lobehub🤯 LobeHub is your Chief Agent Operator, organizing your agents into 7×24 operations by hiring, scheduling, and reporting on your entire…★ 83,289

Apps to try in the browser, on Hugging Face Spaces

By likes on Hugging Face.

1. 🏢OmniParser V2OmniParser, turn your LLM into GUI agent♥ 462
2. 🔥Unit 1 Quiz - AI Agent FundementalsTest your knowledge of the Agent fundamentals.♥ 350
3. 🔀The ultimate guide to multi-harness RLTrain open models with RL inside real agent harnesses♥ 258
4. 🎨AI Marketing Content GeneratorAn AI-powered tool made for content creators and marketers♥ 202
5. 🖤DocScope-R1Cosmos-R1 / docscopeOCR / Captioner-7B / visionOCR-3B♥ 168
6. 💻Multimodal OCR2FireRed / Nanonets / Monkey / Thyme / Typhoon / SmolDocling♥ 143
7. 🏢Consilium MCP ServerMulti-AI Expert Consensus Platform♥ 137
8. 🎨smolagents and tools galleryBrowse tools and agents to use in smolagents♥ 123
9. 🎮LLMGameHubCreate an AI-powered game based on your own ideas♥ 120
10. 🔊BigVGANUniversal neural vocoder with BigVGAN and BigVGAN-v2♥ 114

Launched on Product Hunt

By upvotes on Product Hunt.

1. TraceWorkflow Automations for the Human 👾 AI Workforce▲ 1,549
2. FundraislyAI fundraising agent that finds investors and books meetings▲ 1,503
3. happycapyThe agent-native computer, for the rest of us▲ 1,347
4. GuideflowThe AI demo automation platform for SaaS▲ 1,317
5. Trickle - Magic CanvasThe 1st Agentic Canvas for building apps visually with AI▲ 1,048
6. UpstreamThe inbox designed for humans and agents▲ 960
7. AriadnaThe world's first AI talent agent▲ 950
8. DenMultiplayer AI agent builder▲ 945
9. Framer 3.0With Agents, Branching, Community, and an all-new design▲ 915
10. Boost.space 4.0Buy & Sell AI-Powered Workflows▲ 879