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AI agent tools for development
Short answer: Our top pick for development: n8n, with the highest AgentPick Score (93/100) among tools tagged "development". Runners-up: E2B (83) and mirrord (79). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | n8n | Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations. | 93/100 | ★ 207k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | E2B | Open-source, secure environment with real-world tools for enterprise-grade agents. | 83/100 | ★ 14k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | mirrord | Run any process, on your machine or in an AI agent's environment, as if it were a pod in your Kubernetes cluster: real env vars, DNS, network, traffic… | 79/100 | ★ 5.4k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | happier | Web, Desktop & Mobile client and orchestrator for Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, Pi, Cursor, Grok, Antigravity, Kimi, Augment Code, Qwen, fully end-to-… | 75/100 | ★ 2k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | wanwu | China Unicom's Yuanjing Wanwu Agent Platform is an enterprise-grade, multi-tenant AI agent development platform. It helps users build applications suc… | 68/100 | ★ 2.4k | Apache-2.0 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| #6 | flow-like | Flow-Like: Strongly Typed Enterprise Scale Workflows. Built for scalability, speed, seamless AI integration and rich customization. | 63/100 | ★ 962 | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #7 | aiox-core | Synkra AIOS: AI-Orchestrated System for Full Stack Development - Core Framework v4.0 | 61/100 | ★ 3.1k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | octocode | Code research platform for AI agents; find, understand, and prove context across your code and all of GitHub, in a fraction of the tokens. One toolset… | 46/100 | ★ 950 | MIT | 9 Oct 2026 |
| #9 | gemini-cli-desktop | Web/desktop UI for Gemini CLI/Qwen Code. Manage projects, switch between tools, search across past conversations, and manage MCP servers, all from one… | 40/100 | ★ 509 | MIT | 10 Oct 2026 |
| #10 | BubbleLab | Open-core workflow engine powering Bubble Lab — and fully runnable, hostable, and extensible on its own. | 32/100 | ★ 1.1k | Apache-2.0 | 30 Apr 2026 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
How to choose
- Check which models and providers it supports.
- Prefer tools that show diffs and ask before running commands.
- Look for recent commits: coding agents change fast.
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