# AILead

> Who is leading the AI Space?

Every score here is computed from public data — GitHub activity for repos, X and YouTube reach and engagement for people — with recent growth weighted heaviest over raw size. Full methodology, including what happens when a factor can't be measured, is written up on the methodology page.

## Boards

- [Bidding Websites](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites): Pay-to-rank boards, ranked on what they have actually taken. Plenty read zero: 2026 made far more boards than bidders.
- [SaaS Tools](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools): Small tools, rated whole rather than feature by feature. Past a million users a tool graduates out: at that size it is the yardstick, not a contender.
- [Influencers](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers): Ranked on engagement against reach. An active 40k can beat a quiet 500k.
- [Open Source](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source): Stars, forks and last month's commits. A small repo shipping weekly beats a big one coasting, and past 150k stars a repo graduates out.

## Bidding Websites

Pay-to-rank boards, ranked on what they have actually taken. Plenty read zero: 2026 made far more boards than bidders.

- [#1 outbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/outbid-lol): Buying a leaderboard spot outright, and watching what a pay-to-rank board looks like when it works.
- [#2 1milllionpixels.com](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/1milllionpixels): Parking a logo somewhere permanent rather than renting a rank someone can take back.
- [#3 outbid.green](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/outbid-green): Buying rank while the money does something you can point at.
- [#4 rankbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/rankbid-lol): Buying a position on a board with no mechanic to learn.
- [#5 warmap.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/warmap-lol): Claiming a country-sized slot and defending it, if you like the game part.
- [#6 topapp.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/topapp-lol): Getting an app in front of a small audience that is already app-shopping.
- [#7 tinystartups.com](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/tinystartups): Launching without picking a fight, when you would rather not be outbid an hour later.
- [#8 bidyourapp.com](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/bidyourapp): Reaching iOS users specifically, rather than the general indie-maker crowd.
- [#9 mostexpensivelink.com](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/mostexpensivelink): A single, unmissable placement, or just watching the number go up.
- [#10 biddirectory.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/biddirectory-lol): Finding the boards worth bidding on, from inside one of them.
- [#11 premierdelaclasse.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/premierdelaclasse): Reaching a French startup audience on a board that admits what it is.
- [#12 vibewar.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/vibewar-lol): Putting a vibecoded project in front of people who build the same way.
- [#13 uprank.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/uprank-lol): Ranking a site without earning it through an algorithm you cannot see.
- [#14 xme.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/xme-lol): Putting an X profile in front of people browsing profiles.
- [#15 aurafry.com](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/aurafry): Buying a position outright, if you would rather not defend it forever.
- [#16 startupbase.io/outrank](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/startupbase-outrank): Reaching a directory audience that was already there before the auction was.
- [#17 topseos.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/topseos-lol): Reaching people who buy rankings professionally.
- [#18 topnewsletters.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/topnewsletters-lol): Reaching people through the inbox rather than a feed.
- [#19 builtwithai.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/builtwithai-lol): Showing an AI-built app to people who care which tool built it.
- [#20 outbid.so](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/outbid-so): A near-identical clone of outbid.lol on a different TLD, with placements starting at $3 and the same pay-the-difference upgrade. Publishes visitors but no revenue, so it is listed rather than ranked.
- [#21 worldmap.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/worldmap-lol): Putting a startup on a map instead of in a list.
- [#22 designerbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/designerbid-lol): Reaching people shopping for design work.
- [#23 myearth.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/myearth-lol): Holding a spot on a map without losing it the moment you are outbid.
- [#24 10bid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/10bid-lol): Getting somewhere with a short list rather than a long one.
- [#25 herobid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/herobid-lol): Buying a hero slot that actually renders as the hero.

## Bidding Websites — off the board

- [designwall.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/designwall-lol): Twenty-five squares on a wall, claimed anonymously with a URL and no account. Undercut and you are refunded in full automatically, which is a materially gentler deal than most of the category offers.
- [conquermoon.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/conquermoon-lol): Claiming a sector of the Moon, which is a sentence that now means something.
- [iamrich.show](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/iamrich-show): A leaderboard of verified spending, where the money is the entire content.
- [lamborghini.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/lamborghini-lol): The winning ad goes on a billboard mounted to an actual car. Same auction, physical delivery.
- [vibebillboard.com](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/vibebillboard): Tiles sized by share of money spent, so the board renders the spend distribution directly instead of ordering it into a list.
- [topmx.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/topmx-lol): Reaching a Mexican audience specifically.
- [bidfolio.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/bidfolio-lol): Buying visibility for a portfolio without paying for it forever.
- [buildbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/buildbid-lol): Getting an agency in front of people looking for one.
- [outbuilt.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/outbuilt-lol): Buying a placement that reads as a picture rather than a row.
- [thewholepage.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/thewholepage-lol): Owning a whole page rather than a line on one.
- [theinternetkeyboard.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/theinternetkeyboard-lol): Claiming something small and permanent for nothing.
- [bidup.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/bidup-lol): Buying attention without a platform taking a cut.
- [xrank.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/xrank-lol): Ranking an X account by spend rather than by following.
- [hivebid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/hivebid-lol): Claiming a shape on a board rather than a rank in a list.
- [stealmyspot.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/stealmyspot-lol): Buying a placement with the least mechanic to learn.
- [hiddengems.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/hiddengems-lol): Getting an indie game in front of players rather than builders.
- [attentionplease.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/attentionplease-lol): Buying a square at a price that falls until somebody blinks.
- [toolcup.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/toolcup-lol): Buying a position once rather than defending it.
- [getalternative.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/getalternative-lol): Buying a tool listing that carries a link worth having.
- [tshirtbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/tshirtbid-lol): Putting a logo somewhere physical for a dollar.
- [getbumped.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/getbumped-lol): Buying a spot on a board that is upfront about the terms.
- [landgrab.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/landgrab-lol): Buying a share of a grid rather than a fixed slot.
- [ranktop.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/ranktop-lol): Competing for the top without being priced out in one move.
- [fridgemagnet.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/fridgemagnet-lol): Leaving something on the internet that nobody can outbid off.
- [xthrone.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/xthrone-lol): Ranking an X profile against others by spend alone.
- [thronemap.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/thronemap-lol): Taking a country and making it expensive to take back.
- [tinybid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/tinybid-lol): Listing something small without competing with funded companies.
- [rankgood.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/rankgood-lol): Buying rank where most of the money leaves the operator.
- [outlvl.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/outlvl-lol): Ranking a game in front of players.
- [indiecity.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/indiecity-lol): Seeing whether a placement is actually getting clicked.
- [conquerearth.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/conquerearth-lol): Playing the territory game at a gentler escalation than most.
- [bestclick.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/bestclick-lol): Browsing SaaS ranked by founder conviction, priced in dollars.
- [bidout.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/bidout-lol): Getting listed cheaply without competing for the top.
- [outofoptions.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/outofoptions-lol): Being found by people rather than promoting a product.
- [pixelraid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/pixelraid-lol): Claiming pixels you can also lose.
- [endcap.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/endcap-lol): Buying shelf position in front of people already browsing.
- [afkbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/afkbid-lol): Ranking by showing up rather than paying, if you have time to spare.
- [finbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/finbid-lol): Backing a creator's position rather than your own.
- [rankduel.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/rankduel-lol): Holding a position for as long as you are willing to defend it.
- [bidtube.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/bidtube-lol): Ranking a channel outside the algorithm that usually decides it.
- [siliconcity.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/siliconcity-lol): Buying a plot that renders as a building people can look at.
- [solarbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/solarbid-lol): Owning a planet, for bragging rights and a dollar.
- [adboss.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/adboss-lol): Buying attention by inviting people to attack you for it.
- [atlasbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/atlasbid-lol): Buying a map placement that nobody can take back.
- [stealspot.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/stealspot-lol): Making a stake visible and letting the next launch beat it.
- [getoutbid.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/getoutbid-lol): Bidding somewhere that refunds half when you are beaten.
- [crownit.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/crownit-lol): Buying a ranked placement mainly for the backlink.
- [wholasts.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/wholasts-lol): Keeping an app alive longer than nine others.
- [topaiapp.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/topaiapp-lol): Buying an AI product a position instead of earning one.
- [topbeat.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/topbeat-lol): Climbing by playing rather than paying, if you would rather.
- [toprung.lol](https://ailead.space/boards/bidding-websites/toprung-lol): Buying a rung on a ladder that keeps moving under everyone.

## SaaS Tools

Small tools, rated whole rather than feature by feature. Past a million users a tool graduates out: at that size it is the yardstick, not a contender.

- [#1 Granola](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/granola): Meeting notes that stay out of the way. Small user base, exceptional ratings.
- [#2 Liner](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/liner): Research where you have to show where an answer came from, and literature reviews across papers you have not read yet.
- [#3 Keenable](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/keenable): Giving an agent live web search without routing it through a general-purpose search provider.
- [#4 Prevalent AI](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/prevalentai): Stopping a security team from spending its week reconciling what four tools each claim is true.
- [#5 Fathom](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/fathom): Free tier covering what competitors charge for.
- [#6 Runable](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/runable): Running the operational surface of a one-person business when there is nobody to delegate to.
- [#7 Quartr](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/quartr): Pulling a quote or a number out of an earnings call without hunting through a company's IR page.
- [#8 Ringg](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/ringg): Answering and placing a high volume of customer calls in several languages without staffing for the peak.
- [#9 Arga](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/arga): Testing what an agent actually does with write access, before giving it write access to anything real.
- [#10 QueryStory](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/querystory): Getting a defensible answer out of company data without waiting in a queue behind the analytics team.
- [#11 Multiplier](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/multiplier): Watching a book of stocks continuously when the research team is smaller than the coverage list.

## SaaS Tools — off the board

- [Higgsfield](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/higgsfield): Producing finished ad and film-style footage without a shoot, and generating variations of an ad that already works.
- [Instinct](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/instinct): Handing off errands that need your accounts — booking, shopping, chasing email — to something that can actually log in and do them.
- [Rillet](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/rillet): Closing the books without a two-week scramble, particularly on usage-based or multi-entity revenue.
- [Alice](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/alice): Finding out how your own model can be talked into misbehaving before a customer finds out for you.
- [Cursor](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/cursor): The default AI code editor for a large share of working developers.
- [Perplexity](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/perplexity): Answer engine that replaced search for a meaningful slice of knowledge workers.
- [Gamma](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/gamma): Deck and document generation with unusually high satisfaction on both features and price.
- [Notion AI](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/notionai): Enormous distribution advantage, middling standalone ratings.
- [Explee](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/explee): Running cold outbound end to end when you have a clear buyer but nobody to work the list.
- [Spectr](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/spectr): Getting a client call into the backlog without a PM retyping it afterwards.
- [DesignMD](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/designmd): Handing a coding agent a real design system instead of letting it guess at hex values.
- [Blume](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/blume): Seeing what several coding agents are actually doing before one of them surprises you.
- [Circleback](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/circleback): Getting the follow-ups out of a meeting and into the right tool without doing it by hand.
- [Bluedot](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/bluedot): Recording a call without a bot appearing in it, on a machine that is not a Mac.
- [SessionWatcher](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/sessionwatcher): Knowing which coding session burned the budget before the window resets.
- [Token Tracker](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/tokentracker): Totalling spend across several coding CLIs rather than checking each one separately.
- [eComID](https://ailead.space/boards/saas-tools/ecomid): Cutting returns driven by size guessing, and personalising a storefront for someone who has never visited it.

## Influencers

Ranked on engagement against reach. An active 40k can beat a quiet 500k.

- [#1 Greg Isenberg](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/gregisenberg): Startup ideas and business models built around AI.
- [#2 Codie Sanchez](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/Codie_Sanchez): Buying and running small, profitable businesses, using AI to work faster.
- [#3 Pieter Levels](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/levelsio): Builds small apps and websites alone and publicly shares exactly how much money each one makes.
- [#4 Ethan Mollick](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/emollick): A business professor who explains in plain language how AI is changing jobs and school.
- [#5 Machina](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/EXM7777): Showing how to run small AI-powered agencies and business operations.
- [#6 Justine Moore](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/venturetwins): Tracking which new AI apps for creators and everyday users are taking off, from a venture investor.
- [#7 Matt Shumer](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/mattshumer_): Building AI writing software and investing in early-stage AI companies.
- [#8 Rowan Cheung](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/rowan): Writes a daily newsletter explaining AI news in plain language for a general audience.
- [#9 De Ronin](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/DeRonin_): Shares tactics for helping AI companies grow their audience and go viral.
- [#10 Alex Prompter](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/alex_prompter): Tips, templates, and ready-to-copy prompts for getting better answers out of AI chatbots.
- [#11 Ruben Hassid](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/rubenhassid): In-depth articles about AI, for people who want more than a tweet.
- [#12 EP](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/eptwts): Sharing fast tips on launching and making money from online products.
- [#13 AI Highlight](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/AIHighlight): Picks out the most important new AI tools and news so you don't have to search.
- [#14 Jonathan Wilke](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/jonathanwilke)
- [#15 Matthew Berman](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/berman): Posts daily videos breaking down new AI models and how they stack up.
- [#16 Peter Yang](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/petergyang): Short, practical AI tutorials and interviews for busy professionals.
- [#17 Olivia Moore](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/omooretweets): Spotting which new AI apps are catching on with everyday users, from a venture investor.
- [#18 Vasuman](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/vasuman): Rolling out AI systems inside large companies, from someone who runs an agency that does it for a living.
- [#19 PromptLLM](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/PromptLLM): Simple lessons on how to word your questions to get better answers from AI.
- [#20 Min Choi](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/minchoi): A steady feed of new AI tools showing what's actually worth using.
- [#21 Hasan Toor](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/hasantoxr): Teaching simple, practical ways to use AI tools in everyday business.
- [#22 Linus Ekenstam](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/linus): Practical tips on prompting and getting more out of AI tools.
- [#23 Matt Wolfe](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/mattwolfe): Reviews new AI tools on YouTube and keeps a directory of them to try.
- [#24 The Vibe Marketer](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/VibeMarketer_): AI tools and automations that help online stores handle marketing and content.
- [#25 Andrew Bolis](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/AndrewBolis): Tips on using AI for marketing and business growth, from a former marketing executive.
- [#26 Haider](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/haider1): Explains what's happening in AI, like new chatbot releases and companies' strategies, in plain language.
- [#27 Shruti Mishra](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/heyshrutimishra): Explains new AI and robot technology in simple terms, aimed at helping businesses use it.
- [#28 Allie K. Miller](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/allie): Helping big companies and executives understand how to use AI in business.
- [#29 WiFi Money Guy](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/WiFiMoneyGuy): Builds and sells AI tools that help online marketers create ads faster.
- [#30 Carl Vellotti](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/carlvellotti): Free guides on using AI tools at work, plus product-manager memes.
- [#31 Bilawal Sidhu](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/bilawal): AI tools for creating video, 3D scenes, and visual effects.
- [#32 0xROAS](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/0xROAS): Teaches advertisers how to make ads faster and cheaper using AI-generated video content.

## Influencers — off the board

- [Wojciech Zaremba](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/woj_zaremba)
- [Amjad Masad](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/amasad)
- [Lex Fridman](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/lexfridman)
- [Robert Scoble](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/Scobleizer)
- [Emad Mostaque](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/EMostaque)
- [swyx](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/swyx)
- [Simon Willison](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/simonw)
- [Sabrina Ramonov](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/sabrina): Helping creators automatically turn one video into posts across every social platform.
- [Christopher Manning](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/chrmanning)
- [Eric Jang](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/ericjang11)
- [Sam Altman](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/altman): Chief executive of OpenAI.
- [Andrej Karpathy](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/karpathy)
- [Greg Brockman](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/gdb)
- [Yann LeCun](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/ylecun)
- [Demis Hassabis](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/demishassabis)
- [Andrew Ng](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/AndrewYNg)
- [Elon Musk](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/elonmusk)
- [Mira Murati](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/miramurati)
- [Fei-Fei Li](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/drfeifei)
- [Patrick Collison](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/patrickc)
- [Garry Tan](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/garrytan)
- [John Carmack](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/ID_AA_Carmack)
- [Aravind Srinivas](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/AravSrinivas)
- [Sundar Pichai](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/sundarpichai)
- [Ilya Sutskever](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/ilyasut)
- [François Chollet](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/fchollet)
- [Prompt Cowboy](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/promptcowboy): A free tool that turns a quick, rough question into a detailed prompt for AI chatbots.
- [Geoffrey Hinton](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/geoffreyhinton)
- [Alexandr Wang](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/alexandr_wang)
- [Clément Delangue](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/ClementDelangue)
- [Jeff Dean](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/jeffdean)
- [Jim Fan](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/DrJimFan)
- [AK](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/_akhaliq)
- [David Ha](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/hardmaru)
- [Sarah Guo](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/saranormous)
- [Logan Kilpatrick](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/OfficialLoganK)
- [Lilian Weng](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/lilianweng)
- [Soumith Chintala](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/soumithchintala)
- [Jeremy Howard](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/jeremyphoward)
- [Dwarkesh Patel](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/dwarkesh_sp)
- [Oriol Vinyals](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/oriolvinyalsml)
- [Noam Brown](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/polynoamial)
- [Chris Olah](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/ch402)
- [Sara Hooker](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/sarahookr)
- [Jack Clark](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/jackclarkSF)
- [Jan Leike](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/janleike)
- [Thomas Wolf](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/Thom_Wolf)
- [David Holz](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/davidsholz)
- [Jason Wei](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/_jasonwei)
- [God of Prompt](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/godofprompt): A big free library of ready-made prompts and guides for popular AI chatbots and image tools.
- [John Schulman](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/johnschulman2)
- [Miles Brundage](https://ailead.space/boards/influencers/miles_brundage)

## Open Source

Stars, forks and last month's commits. A small repo shipping weekly beats a big one coasting, and past 150k stars a repo graduates out.

- [#1 vllm-project/vllm](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/vllm): Serving a model to real traffic: batching, paged attention and an OpenAI-shaped endpoint.
- [#2 ggml-org/llama.cpp](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/llama-cpp): Running quantised models on hardware you already own, including a laptop CPU.
- [#3 lobehub/lobehub](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/lobehub): Running and organising several agents behind one interface you host yourself.
- [#4 open-webui/open-webui](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/open-webui): Putting a familiar chat interface in front of local or self-hosted models, for a team as much as yourself.
- [#5 paperclipai/paperclip](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/paperclip): Keeping track of what agents are doing at work without a console per tool.
- [#6 Wei-Shaw/sub2api](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/sub2api): Pointing several assistant subscriptions at one endpoint instead of wiring each tool separately.
- [#7 langchain-ai/langchain](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/langchain): Wiring models, tools and retrieval together in Python or JS without writing the plumbing yourself.
- [#8 remotion-dev/remotion](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/remotion): Producing video that changes per viewer or per record, without opening an editor: captions, data, names.
- [#9 Comfy-Org/ComfyUI](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/comfyui): Building repeatable image and video pipelines as a node graph you can save, share and re-run.
- [#10 aaif-goose/goose](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/goose): Handing over a task that touches real files and commands, not just a code snippet.
- [#11 danny-avila/LibreChat](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/librechat): Giving a team one chat interface across several model providers, with accounts and history you control.
- [#12 mudler/LocalAI](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/localai): Pointing existing OpenAI-shaped code at your own hardware without rewriting the calls.
- [#13 MemPalace/mempalace](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/mempalace): Giving an agent long-term recall you can measure instead of trust.
- [#14 headroomlabs-ai/headroom](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/headroom): Keeping long tool output and log dumps from eating the context window.
- [#15 vercel/ai](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/vercel-ai): Adding streaming chat, tool calls or structured output to a TypeScript app without binding it to one model provider.
- [#16 thedotmack/claude-mem](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/claude-mem): Not re-explaining your project at the start of every session.
- [#17 Skyvern-AI/skyvern](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/skyvern): Automating a form or portal that has no API and changes its markup without warning.
- [#18 maziyarpanahi/openmed](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/openmed): De-identifying clinical text without sending patient data to an API.
- [#19 rtk-ai/rtk](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/rtk): Cutting the bill on an agent that spends its day running git, grep and test commands.
- [#20 open-gsd/gsd-core](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/gsd-core): Holding an agent to a shippable loop: branch, change, commit, rather than an unbounded conversation.
- [#21 elie222/inbox-zero](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/inbox-zero): Clearing a backlogged inbox and keeping it clear with rules that read like instructions rather than filters.
- [#22 ahujasid/blender-mcp](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/blender-mcp): Driving Blender by description, without learning its Python API: scene setup, materials, renders.
- [#23 kunchenguid/firstmate](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/firstmate): Handing over a job once and letting it be delegated, rather than orchestrating several agents yourself.
- [#24 khoj-ai/khoj](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/khoj): Asking questions of your own files and getting an answer with the source attached.
- [#25 assafelovic/gpt-researcher](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/gpt-researcher): Getting a sourced first draft on an unfamiliar topic instead of twenty open tabs.
- [#26 backnotprop/plannotator](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/plannotator): Reviewing an agent's plan before it writes code, and returning the feedback without retyping it.
- [#27 camel-ai/owl](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/owl): Splitting a task across specialised agents when one agent with many tools stops coping.
- [#28 looplj/axonhub](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/axonhub): Swapping models or surviving a provider outage without touching application code.
- [#29 TheR1D/shell_gpt](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/shell-gpt): Recalling the flag you have forgotten, or generating a one-liner, without leaving the terminal.
- [#30 basicmachines-co/basic-memory](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/basic-memory): Building up project knowledge across sessions in files you can still open in an editor.
- [#31 di-sukharev/opencommit](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/opencommit): A readable git history without stopping to compose messages by hand.
- [#32 JerryZLiu/Dayflow](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/dayflow): Reconstructing where the day went, or filling a timesheet, without having tracked anything.
- [#33 amicalhq/amical](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/amical): Drafting long text by voice at speaking speed rather than typing speed: notes, replies, prompts.

## Open Source — off the board

- [n8n-io/n8n](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/n8n): Automating a multi-step process across your own tools, with AI steps in the middle, without writing a service.
- [langgenius/dify](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/dify): Assembling an LLM app visually and handing non-developers something they can change themselves.
- [punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/awesome-mcp-servers): Finding out whether an MCP server already exists for a tool before building one.
- [affaan-m/ECC](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/ecc): Adding memory, skills and guardrails to a coding agent you already use.
- [mattpocock/skills](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/mattpocock-skills): Reading how an experienced engineer actually configures an agent, then taking the parts that fit.
- [obra/superpowers](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/superpowers): Adopting a whole working method for agent-assisted development instead of assembling one skill at a time.
- [ollama/ollama](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/ollama): Getting a model running locally without reading a setup guide. One command, then an API on localhost.
- [anthropics/skills](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/anthropic-skills): Seeing the canonical shape of a skill before writing your own.
- [multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/karpathy-skills): Dropping a set of coding guardrails into Claude Code without writing your own.
- [mvanhorn/last30days-skill](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/last30days-skill): Getting a sourced read on what happened recently around a topic without opening six sites.
- [hiyouga/LlamaFactory](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/llama-factory): Fine-tuning an open model without writing a training loop per architecture.
- [Arindam200/awesome-ai-apps](https://ailead.space/boards/open-source/awesome-ai-apps): Finding a working reference implementation before you start, instead of assembling one from documentation.

## Companies

Who's behind the people and repos above — affiliation, not another ranking.

- [a16z](https://ailead.space/companies/a16z): 2 entries affiliated
- [AMI Labs](https://ailead.space/companies/amilabs): 1 entry affiliated
- [Amical](https://ailead.space/companies/amical): 1 entry affiliated
- [Answer.AI](https://ailead.space/companies/answerai): 1 entry affiliated
- [Anthropic](https://ailead.space/companies/anthropic): 4 entries affiliated
- [Cohere](https://ailead.space/companies/cohere): 1 entry affiliated
- [Comfy Org](https://ailead.space/companies/comfyorg): 1 entry affiliated
- [Contrarian Thinking](https://ailead.space/companies/contrarian): 1 entry affiliated
- [Conviction](https://ailead.space/companies/conviction): 1 entry affiliated
- [Datasette](https://ailead.space/companies/datasette): 1 entry affiliated
- [DeepLearning.AI](https://ailead.space/companies/deeplearning): 1 entry affiliated
- [Eureka Labs](https://ailead.space/companies/eurekalabs): 1 entry affiliated
- [Future Tools](https://ailead.space/companies/futuretools): 1 entry affiliated
- [ggml](https://ailead.space/companies/ggml): 1 entry affiliated
- [Google](https://ailead.space/companies/google): 2 entries affiliated
- [Google DeepMind](https://ailead.space/companies/deepmind): 3 entries affiliated
- [Hugging Face](https://ailead.space/companies/huggingface): 3 entries affiliated
- [Keen Technologies](https://ailead.space/companies/keen): 1 entry affiliated
- [Late Checkout](https://ailead.space/companies/latecheckout): 1 entry affiliated
- [Latent Space](https://ailead.space/companies/latentspace): 1 entry affiliated
- [Midjourney](https://ailead.space/companies/midjourney): 1 entry affiliated
- [NVIDIA](https://ailead.space/companies/nvidia): 1 entry affiliated
- [Ollama](https://ailead.space/companies/ollama): 1 entry affiliated
- [OpenAI](https://ailead.space/companies/openai): 5 entries affiliated
- [Paperclip](https://ailead.space/companies/paperclip): 1 entry affiliated
- [Perplexity](https://ailead.space/companies/perplexity): 1 entry affiliated
- [Remotion](https://ailead.space/companies/remotion): 1 entry affiliated
- [Replit](https://ailead.space/companies/replit): 1 entry affiliated
- [Safe Superintelligence](https://ailead.space/companies/ssi): 1 entry affiliated
- [Sakana AI](https://ailead.space/companies/sakana): 1 entry affiliated
- [Scale AI](https://ailead.space/companies/scaleai): 1 entry affiliated
- [Skyvern](https://ailead.space/companies/skyvern): 1 entry affiliated
- [Stability AI](https://ailead.space/companies/stability): 1 entry affiliated
- [Stanford](https://ailead.space/companies/stanford): 1 entry affiliated
- [Stripe](https://ailead.space/companies/stripe): 1 entry affiliated
- [The Rundown AI](https://ailead.space/companies/rundown): 1 entry affiliated
- [Thinking Machines](https://ailead.space/companies/thinkingmach): 4 entries affiliated
- [Vercel](https://ailead.space/companies/vercel): 1 entry affiliated
- [Wharton](https://ailead.space/companies/wharton): 1 entry affiliated
- [World Labs](https://ailead.space/companies/worldlabs): 1 entry affiliated
- [xAI](https://ailead.space/companies/xai): 1 entry affiliated
- [Y Combinator](https://ailead.space/companies/ycombinator): 1 entry affiliated

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