Alternatives to Agent Swarm
Agent Swarm is a MCP server by desplega-ai: Full Agent Swarm API and MCP server with local SQLite storage for multi-agent orchestration. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 MCP servers cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match Agent Swarm and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. agent-mailbox — Mailbox and Wake System for AI Agent Teams leads the list (supports Codex and Claude Desktop; runs locally). 3 of them are published by the company behind the product. 7 offer a remote endpoint, so there is nothing to install locally. Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with Agent Swarm.
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Agent Swarm
Full Agent Swarm API and MCP server with local SQLite storage for multi-agent orchestration.
12 alternatives
Ordered by how closely each matches Agent Swarm (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.
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Mailbox + wake system for AI agent teams: letters always land, right agent wakes, quiet otherwise.
- Supports Codex and Claude Desktop
- Runs locally
★ 3↓ 139/wkLast active Oct 10, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2A2A Auditor
GuardBee
Scans Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol code for webhook SSRF, missing auth, and credential exposure
- Supports Codex and Claude Desktop
- Runs locally
★ 1↓ 570/wkLast active Oct 22, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3
Check an A2A agent before you delegate, or an MCP server's measured conduct.
- Remote server, no local install
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 2Last active Oct 23, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4X402-Broker Universal MCP Gateway & Multi-Agent Swarm Router
x402broker.comOfficial
Single-connection MCP gateway discovering and executing 490+ verified MCP & A2A tools.
- Published by the vendor
Last active Oct 21, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5X402-Broker Global A2A, MCP & x402 Super-Marketplace
x402broker.comOfficial
1,400+ tool A2A, MCP & x402 clearinghouse with free semantic discovery and paid execution.
- Published by the vendor
Last active Oct 21, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6A2A Passport — one GTIN, one call, everything GSC knows, signed
greencore-solutions
The hubs are the records; A2A-Passport.ai issues the passport.
- Remote server, no local install
- Active in the last 30 days
Last active Oct 6, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7A2A Grocery — the agentic hub for retail grocery procurement
greencore-solutions
A2A + MCP hub for retail grocery procurement — 20 markets on the SCHEMA algo record.
- Remote server, no local install
- Active in the last 30 days
Last active Oct 16, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 8Codex Subagent
parisbs
Delegate coding tasks to the OpenAI Codex CLI, installed separately, with explicit model and effort.
- Supports Codex and Claude Desktop
- Runs locally
Last active Oct 22, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 9opencode subagents
sebstaq
Run Claude Code subagents on cheaper opencode models (DeepSeek, opencode Go) with native parity.
- Supports Codex and Claude Desktop
- Runs locally
Last active Sep 27, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 10Subagent MCP
Thang1710
Let Codex orchestrate external coding agents through their native harnesses.
- Supports Codex and Claude Desktop
- Runs locally
↓ 117/wkLast active Sep 24, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 11
Agent swarm coordination: find funded work, form teams, run tasks, message E2E, get paid on verify.
- Remote server, no local install
- Active in the last 30 days
Last active Oct 4, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12A2A Orbit
a2aorbit.comOfficial
Shared memory for AI agents: prior work, failures, checkpoints, handoffs, and artifacts.
- Published by the vendor
Last active Oct 7, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet