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synapse-ai

Active·★ 331·AGPL-3.0·Updated 2026-10-22

Synapse is an open-source platform for building AI agents that can use real tools like browsing, databases, and code execution. It features a ReAct reasoning engine, multiple built-in tool servers, and supports orchestrating agents as DAGs with human checkpoints. It runs locally-first with support for various LLM providers.

synapse-ai sits in the Workflow Automation category, so it is usually better judged by workflow fit, deployment style, and team needs than by isolated features alone. Based on the available metadata, it leans most clearly toward ReAct reasoning engine with multiple turns. A representative use case is Research-to-report orchestration. The listed license is AGPL-3.0. GitHub stars are currently 330. Relevant tags include custom-agents, custom-tools.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool.

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$ Install
$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naveenraj-17/synapse-ai/main/setup.sh | bash
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Features

01ReAct reasoning engine with multiple turns
028 built-in tool servers
03Orchestrate agents as DAGs (parallel, loops, human checkpoints)
04Local-first with support for Ollama and cloud LLMs
05Custom tools via webhooks and Python
02

Why choose it

+ReAct reasoning engine with multiple turns
+8 built-in tool servers
+Research-to-report orchestration
+Supports 3 platforms or runtime environments.
03

Trade-offs

!The final decision should still be made through side-by-side comparison with similar tools.
04

Compatibility

Linux
Linux
Verified via docs
macOS
macOS
Verified via docs
Windows
Windows
Verified via docs
05

Quick start

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$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naveenraj-17/synapse-ai/main/setup.sh | bash
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Use cases

↳Research-to-report orchestration
↳Stock analysis orchestration
↳Autonomous code development and PR creation
07

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331AGPL-3.0
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CategoryWorkflow Automation
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