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CrewAI is Use. A Python framework for role-shaped agents.

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Flowise

Flowise

A visual builder for LLM flows you host yourself.

Free under Apache 2.0. Any model you connect is billed separately.

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n8n

n8n

A workflow tool with AI nodes. Source-available, not OSI open source.

Starter is 20 euros a month billed annually. Pro is 50 euros. The community edition is free for your own internal use.

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llama.cpp

llama.cpp

A local inference engine for GGUF-style model files.

The engine is free under the repository license. You supply the model.

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Ollama

Ollama

A local runner for open-weight chat models.

Free to download. The app license is MIT. Each model you pull has its own license.

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vLLM

vLLM

An Apache-licensed server for open-weight models.

Free under Apache 2.0. You pay for the GPUs.

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