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#1 TRENDING Panniantong/Agent-Reach Python NEW 2026

Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet. Read & search Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili, XiaoHongShu — one CLI, zero API fees.

◇ agent-infrastructure ◇ ai-agent ◇ ai-search ◇ automation

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#2 TRENDING ClawLabsAI/free-ai-models JavaScript NEW 2026

Daily-updated list of free AI models (free LLM APIs), ranked by quality with live status. Plus one OpenAI-compatible endpoint that routes to the best one.

◇ ai ◇ ai-api ◇ ai-models ◇ awesome-list

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