ai-engineering-from-scratch Alternatives (2026)
As of October 2026, the top alternatives to ai-engineering-from-scratch are hermes-agent, siyuan, marketingskills, CodexPlusPlus and CowAgent — ranked open-source General AI Agent agents on The Agentic Leaderboard.
Ranked by overall score on reliability, tool selection quality, autonomous iteration, efficiency, and community mindshare. Updated weekly.
| Rank | Alternative | Score | vs ai-engineering-from-scratch |
|---|---|---|---|
| #27 | hermes-agent by NousResearch | 85.3 | +0.5 |
| #34 | siyuan by siyuan-note | 85.0 | +0.2 |
| #77 | marketingskills by coreyhaines31 | 83.9 | -0.9 |
| #88 | CodexPlusPlus by BigPizzaV3 | 83.7 | -1.1 |
| #94 | CowAgent by zhayujie | 83.5 | -1.3 |