# Viral Agent

> A weekly ranking of the AI agents and agent tools gaining momentum fastest, explained in plain English for people who are not programmers.

Rankings measure momentum (star growth scaled by size, acceleration, Hacker News attention, download growth), frozen every Monday. Each agent has a plain-English summary, setup difficulty from 1 (works in a browser) to 5 (requires programming), and cost model. Data last updated 2026-11-03.

## Key pages
- [This week's leaderboard](https://viralagent.si/): Oct 26 to Nov 1, 2026
- [Rising](https://viralagent.si/rising/): fastest movers over the last three days, updated daily
- [Agents by task](https://viralagent.si/tasks/)
- [Agents by audience](https://viralagent.si/for/)
- [Weekly recaps](https://viralagent.si/recaps/): a short write-up of each frozen week
- [Methodology](https://viralagent.si/methodology/): every scoring rule
- [Open data and API](https://viralagent.si/data/): CC BY 4.0
- [Full text for language models](https://viralagent.si/llms-full.txt)

## Top 10 this week
- [elephant-goldfish-model](https://viralagent.si/agents/elephant-goldfish-model/): elephant-goldfish-model is a plugin that helps developers write a software design spec with an AI agent, then have fresh AI reviewers check it before coding.
- [agent-desktop](https://viralagent.si/agents/agent-desktop/): agent-desktop is a command-line tool that lets AI agents read and operate desktop apps on macOS, Windows and Linux without guessing from screenshots.
- [android-ad-cleaner](https://viralagent.si/agents/android-ad-cleaner/): android-ad-cleaner is an agent app that turns off ads, trending searches, news feeds and marketing notifications on Chinese Android phones for people who want a cleaner phone.
- [Orkas](https://viralagent.si/agents/orkas/): Orkas is a desktop app that turns a goal into to-dos and hands them to a team of AI agents for people running ongoing projects.
- [ThinkRail](https://viralagent.si/agents/thinkrail/): ThinkRail is an agentic IDE (a code editor with an AI agent built in) that keeps project knowledge in specs for vibe coders and developers.
- [OpenBot](https://viralagent.si/agents/openbot-nightly-labs/): OpenBot is a desktop app that runs several AI agents as persistent teammates with their own workspaces, task queues, and a shared browser for people who use coding agents.
- [tstack](https://viralagent.si/agents/tstack/): tstack is a skill set that takes code changes through review, pull request filing, and merging for developers using Claude Code or Codex.
- [bla](https://viralagent.si/agents/bla/): BLA is an MCP server and command-line tool that protects released software from AI reverse-engineering agents by planting decoys and resource traps for developers.
- [OpenDuet](https://viralagent.si/agents/openduet/): OpenDuet is a self-hosted proactive agent that sorts your email and calendar, makes a morning brief, and works on tasks for you while asking before it acts.
- [OpenMausBot](https://viralagent.si/agents/openmausbot/): OpenMausBot is an agent app that lets you chat with a team of AI bots, each with its own model, computer and apps, for people who want it local.

## Latest recaps
- [elephant-goldfish-model jumps from 12th to first as new agent apps fill the top 10](https://viralagent.si/recaps/2026-44/): elephant-goldfish-model gained the most momentum in week 44, rising from 12th to first on 8,650 new GitHub stars. It helps teams plan software features with AI agents before any code is written.

## Task and audience pages
- [AI agents for vibe coders](https://viralagent.si/for/vibe-coders/)
- [AI agents for online business owners](https://viralagent.si/for/business-owners/)
- [AI agents for solo founders](https://viralagent.si/for/solo-founders/)
- [AI agents for marketers](https://viralagent.si/for/marketers/)
- [AI agents for content creators](https://viralagent.si/for/content-creators/)
- [AI agents for automation and no-code builders](https://viralagent.si/for/automation-builders/)
- [AI agents for sales and outreach teams](https://viralagent.si/for/sales/)
- [AI agents for customer support teams](https://viralagent.si/for/customer-support/)
- [AI agents for researchers and analysts](https://viralagent.si/for/researchers/)
- [AI agents for writers](https://viralagent.si/for/writers/)
- [AI agents for designers](https://viralagent.si/for/designers/)
- [AI agents for teachers and students](https://viralagent.si/for/educators/)
- [AI agents for everyday life](https://viralagent.si/for/everyday-life/)
- [AI agents for people new to AI agents](https://viralagent.si/for/beginners/)
- [AI agents that help you turn long videos into short clips](https://viralagent.si/tasks/video-clips/)
- [AI agents that help you edit videos and add captions](https://viralagent.si/tasks/edit-video/)
- [AI agents that help you write and schedule social media posts](https://viralagent.si/tasks/social-posts/)
- [AI agents that help you write blog posts and articles](https://viralagent.si/tasks/blog-posts/)
- [AI agents that help you get found on Google and AI search](https://viralagent.si/tasks/seo/)
- [AI agents that help you create images and graphics](https://viralagent.si/tasks/images/)
- [AI agents that help you make slide decks and presentations](https://viralagent.si/tasks/presentations/)
- [AI agents that help you make podcasts, voiceovers, and audio](https://viralagent.si/tasks/audio/)
- [AI agents that help you create and manage ad campaigns](https://viralagent.si/tasks/ads/)
- [AI agents that help you write and send email newsletters](https://viralagent.si/tasks/email-marketing/)
- [AI agents that help you find leads and research prospects](https://viralagent.si/tasks/find-leads/)
- [AI agents that help you answer customer questions and support tickets](https://viralagent.si/tasks/support/)
- [AI agents that help you sort and reply to your email](https://viralagent.si/tasks/inbox/)
- [AI agents that help you take meeting notes and follow up](https://viralagent.si/tasks/meetings/)
- [AI agents that help you book meetings and manage a calendar](https://viralagent.si/tasks/scheduling/)
- [AI agents that help you research a topic across the web](https://viralagent.si/tasks/research/)
- [AI agents that help you track competitors and market news](https://viralagent.si/tasks/competitors/)
- [AI agents that help you analyze spreadsheets and data](https://viralagent.si/tasks/spreadsheets/)
- [AI agents that help you collect data from websites](https://viralagent.si/tasks/scraping/)
- [AI agents that help you summarize and question documents and PDFs](https://viralagent.si/tasks/documents/)
- [AI agents that help you build reports and dashboards](https://viralagent.si/tasks/reports/)
- [AI agents that help you build a website or landing page](https://viralagent.si/tasks/websites/)
- [AI agents that help you build an app without writing code yourself](https://viralagent.si/tasks/apps/)
- [AI agents that help you write, fix, and review code](https://viralagent.si/tasks/coding/)
- [AI agents that help you connect apps and automate repetitive work](https://viralagent.si/tasks/automations/)
- [AI agents that help you do tasks in a web browser for you](https://viralagent.si/tasks/browser-tasks/)
- [AI agents that help you use your computer and desktop apps for you](https://viralagent.si/tasks/computer-tasks/)
- [AI agents that help you build a chatbot or assistant for your business](https://viralagent.si/tasks/chatbots/)
- [AI agents that help you run a personal AI assistant across your apps](https://viralagent.si/tasks/personal-assistant/)
- [AI agents that help you manage projects, tasks, and notes](https://viralagent.si/tasks/projects/)
- [AI agents that help you learn a subject or study for an exam](https://viralagent.si/tasks/learning/)
- [AI agents that help you manage a budget and personal money](https://viralagent.si/tasks/personal-finance/)
- [AI agents that help you plan trips and find deals](https://viralagent.si/tasks/travel-shopping/)

## API
- https://viralagent.si/api/v1/leaderboard.json
- https://viralagent.si/api/v1/agents.json
- MCP server: https://viralagent.si/mcp