AI Tools & Repos
Curated picks of the most impactful AI tools and repositories for developers. Updated regularly.
Last curated: Feb 2026
47 tools
LangChain
FeaturedFramework for developing applications powered by LLMs. Provides chains, agents, retrieval, and memory modules.
LlamaIndex
FeaturedData framework for building LLM applications over custom data. Specializes in RAG pipelines and data connectors.
Vercel AI SDK
TypeScript toolkit for building AI-powered products. Unified API for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more with streaming support.
Semantic Kernel
Microsoft's SDK for integrating LLMs into apps. Supports C#, Python, and Java with enterprise-grade features.
DSPy
Programming framework for foundation models. Replace hand-written prompts with composable, optimizable modules.
Haystack
End-to-end LLM framework by deepset. Build production-ready RAG, question answering, and semantic search pipelines.
AutoGen
FeaturedMicrosoft's framework for building multi-agent conversational systems. Agents collaborate, debate, and solve tasks together.
CrewAI
Framework for orchestrating role-playing AI agents. Define agents with specific roles, goals, and tools to work as a team.
OpenAI Swarm
Lightweight multi-agent orchestration framework from OpenAI. Focuses on handoffs and routines between agents.
Pydantic AI
Agent framework by the creators of Pydantic. Type-safe, model-agnostic agents with structured output validation.
LangGraph
Library for building stateful, multi-actor LLM applications as graphs. Supports cycles, branching, and persistence.
AutoGPT
The original autonomous AI agent. Give it a goal and it plans, executes, and iterates with minimal human intervention.
MetaGPT
Multi-agent framework that assigns different roles (PM, architect, engineer) to collaborate on complex software tasks.
Model Context Protocol
FeaturedThe official MCP specification and SDKs by Anthropic. Open standard for connecting AI models to external tools and data.
MCP Servers Collection
Official collection of MCP servers for popular services — GitHub, Slack, Google Drive, PostgreSQL, filesystem, and more.
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool. Uses MCP for extensibility — connect to databases, APIs, and custom tools via MCP servers.
Cursor
AI-powered code editor with MCP support. Integrates Claude, GPT-4, and custom models for code completion, chat, and editing.
Smithery
Registry and marketplace for MCP servers. Discover, install, and manage community-built MCP servers with one command.
Aider
FeaturedAI pair programming in your terminal. Works with any LLM to edit code in your local git repo with automatic commits.
Continue
Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Supports any LLM with autocomplete, chat, and edit features.
GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI pair programmer. Code completions, chat, and now agent mode for multi-file edits across your workspace.
Cline
Autonomous coding agent for VS Code. Plans, writes, and debugs code with human-in-the-loop approval for each step.
Windsurf
AI-native code editor by Codeium. Features Cascade for multi-file agentic editing and Supercomplete for intelligent completions.
Bolt.new
AI full-stack web app builder by StackBlitz. Describe your app in natural language and get a complete, deployable project.
v0 by Vercel
AI-powered UI generation tool. Describe a component or page and get production-ready React/Next.js code with Tailwind CSS.
Devin
The first AI software engineer by Cognition. Handles complete engineering tasks: planning, coding, testing, and debugging.
Hugging Face Transformers
FeaturedThe most popular library for working with pre-trained models. Download, fine-tune, and deploy thousands of models.
Unsloth
Fine-tune LLMs 2-5x faster with 80% less memory. Supports Llama, Mistral, Gemma, and other popular architectures.
Axolotl
Streamlined tool for fine-tuning LLMs. YAML-based configuration for LoRA, QLoRA, full fine-tuning, and DPO/RLHF.
PEFT
HuggingFace library for parameter-efficient fine-tuning. LoRA, QLoRA, prefix tuning, and more — fine-tune with minimal resources.
TRL
Transformer Reinforcement Learning library. SFT, reward modeling, PPO, DPO, and ORPO training for LLMs with HuggingFace.
RAGAS
Evaluation framework for RAG pipelines. Measures faithfulness, answer relevancy, context precision, and context recall.
Promptfoo
Test and evaluate LLM outputs. Compare prompts, models, and RAG pipelines with automated testing and CI integration.
LanceDB
Serverless vector database built on Lance format. Embedded, zero-config, and supports multi-modal data with full-text search.
Chroma
Open-source AI-native embedding database. Simple API for storing and querying embeddings with metadata filtering.
Weaviate
Open-source vector database with built-in vectorization. Hybrid search (vector + keyword), GraphQL API, and multi-tenancy.
Langfuse
FeaturedOpen-source LLM observability platform. Tracing, prompt management, evaluation, and cost tracking for LLM applications.
LangSmith
LangChain's platform for debugging, testing, evaluating, and monitoring LLM applications. Deep integration with LangChain/LangGraph.
Arize Phoenix
Open-source AI observability by Arize. Trace LLM apps, evaluate RAG quality, detect hallucinations, and monitor in production.
Ollama
FeaturedRun LLMs locally with one command. Supports Llama, Mistral, Gemma, Phi, and dozens of open models.
vLLM
High-throughput LLM inference engine. PagedAttention for efficient memory management, up to 24x higher throughput than HuggingFace.
LiteLLM
Unified API proxy for 100+ LLM providers. Call OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, and local models with one interface.
OpenRouter
Unified API for accessing many LLMs through a single endpoint. Automatic fallback, usage tracking, and competitive pricing.
Dify
FeaturedOpen-source LLM app development platform. Visual workflow builder, RAG engine, agent framework, and model management in one.
LM Studio
Desktop app to discover, download, and run local LLMs. Beautiful GUI with chat interface and OpenAI-compatible server.
Jan
Open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs 100% offline. Download and run models locally with a clean, modern interface.
Groq
Ultra-fast LLM inference powered by custom LPU hardware. Run Llama, Mixtral, and Gemma at industry-leading speed.
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How are these tools selected?
Each tool is hand-picked based on community adoption (GitHub stars, npm downloads), documentation quality, maintenance activity, and practical value for AI developers. We prioritize tools that solve real problems over hype.
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