XAgent

XAgent is an open-source experimental autonomous agent that runs tool-using tasks inside Docker.

XAgent is an open-source experimental agent from OpenBMB that tries to solve given tasks on its own. Actions run inside a Docker container. New tools and even new agents can be added, and people can work with it through a GUI or the command line, including handing parts of a task back and forth. The authors still call it early-stage research toward a general-purpose agent. A tutorial, demo, blog, documentation and a citation are linked from the repository. Collaboration enquiries go to xagentteam@gmail.com.

XAgent at a glance

Best for: Software engineer, Researcher
Runs on: open source, self-hosted, Web
Pricing: Free and open source; model API usage is billed by the provider
Released: October 2023
Category: AI agent tool
Website: blog.x-agent.net

Key features

Autonomous multi-step task runs
All actions constrained to a Docker container
Plugin tools and extra agents
GUI and command-line interfaces
Optional human cooperation mid-task
Tutorial, demo and documentation

Use it for

Let an agent attempt a research task in a sandbox
Add a custom tool and rerun the same goal
Watch the run in the GUI instead of the terminal

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AGiXT — Builds autonomous agents with integrated memory and web capabilities.
Atomic Agent — It runs locally on your machine, ensuring data privacy and no token costs.
OpenBot — Runs AI agents locally using existing subscriptions or local models.

All XAgent alternatives