1. houston
119 stars
Open source platform for AI-native products.
archon alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like coleam00/archon
Flowy lists 282 other Agent Orchestration plugins like archon, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
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How they compare
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| archonThis page | 23,781 | +38 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 7 skills, 13 agents, 19 commands |
| 1houston | 119 | not available | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 6 skills, 1 agent |
| 2paperclip | 107,918 | +2,564 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 22 skills, 4 agents, 1 MCP server |
| 3swarm-tools | 747 | 0 | Jul 30, 2026 | not available | 6 skills, 3 agents, 6 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 4studio | 414 | not available | Oct 28, 2026 | MIT | 24 skills |
| 5highermind-code-skills | 196 | +1 | Jun 14, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| 6marveen | 123 | not available | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| 7holaos | 11,433 | -20 | Oct 25, 2026 | not available | 3 skills |
| 8oh-my-opencode-slim | 9,798 | +115 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 12 skills, 1 agent |
| 9weave-os-router-2 | 5,595 | 0 | Oct 29, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 2 skills, 14 commands |
| 10chorus | 1,210 | +2 | Oct 29, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 44 skills, 7 agents, 4 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 11agent-swarm | 944 | +39 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 17 skills, 5 agents, 11 commands |
| 12atomic | 869 | +3 | Oct 26, 2026 | not available | 21 skills, 9 agents |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. paperclip
107,918 stars+2,564 this week
Open-source orchestration for teams of AI agents.
3. swarm-tools
747 stars0 this week
Multi-agent coordination that survives context death.
4. studio
414 stars
Open-source control plane for your AI agents.
5. highermind-code-skills
196 stars+1 this week
Antes de existir uma empresa, existiu uma mente que decidiu construir.
6. marveen
123 stars
AI csapatod, ami fut amíg te alszol.
7. holaos
11,433 stars-20 this week
Open-source agentic workspace enterprises can make their own.
8. oh-my-opencode-slim
9,798 stars+115 this week
Lean, fine tuned Opencode multi agent suite · Mix any models · Auto delegate tasks
9. weave-os-router-2
5,595 stars0 this week
Model router for agentic systems.
10. chorus
1,210 stars+2 this week
The Agent Harness for AI-Human Collaboration, inspired by the AI-DLC (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle)
11. agent-swarm
944 stars+39 this week
Your Company Agentic Operating System
12. atomic
869 stars+3 this week
The verifiable coding agent runtime.
Questions about archon alternatives
What is the best alternative to archon?
houston is the first of 12 alternatives to archon by shared technologies: it has 119 stars (behind archon).
Which archon alternative has the most skills?
chorus has the most, with 44 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. archon has 7.
Is archon free?
Yes. archon is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.