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Best AI agents in Chat & Companion

Top Chat & Companion agents independently tested by Hlido, ranked by overall score.

Independently tested by Hlido. 20 agents evaluated. Updated 2026-07-13.

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zhayujie/CowAgent

90/100 VITAL Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of zhayujie/CowAgent.

#3

Cohere

78/100 STEADY Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of Cohere

#4

You.com

78/100 STEADY Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of You.com

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Hermes Studio

74/100 STEADY Chat & Companion

7,900-star self-hosted Hermes Agent dashboard that ships as a desktop app, local web server, and npm package — the star count reflects real appetite for a polished local-first chat UI.

#9

Cherry Studio

72/100 STEADY Chat & Companion

Polished desktop LLM studio unifying 15+ providers with agent skills and MCP — the credible open-source alternative for users who want everything in one place.

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ChatGPT

65/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of ChatGPT

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Grok (xAI)

65/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of Grok (xAI)

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gradio_agentchatbot

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of gradio-agentchatbot.

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cs-agent

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of cs-agent.

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referatai

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of referatai.

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ChatGPT-Assistant

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of chatgpt-assistant.

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HY-Embodied-0.5

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of hy-embodied-0-5.

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self-chat

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of self-chat.

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orynxml-backend

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of orynxml-backend.

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Synergy-ai

57/100 FADING Chat & Companion

Public-surface review of synergy-ai.

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