Gaia
Shares rank 24 of 26 AI assistants by recommenders
Open-source assistant that people find simple enough for side projects and reliable enough for production, though recommendations are few.
Open-source assistant that people find simple enough for side projects and reliable enough for production, though recommendations are few.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple for side projects
“Simple enough for side projects, but reliable enough for production”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “We open-sourced a GAIA-ready agent framework that builds super-agents in minutes” Reliable enough for production
“Simple enough for side projects, but reliable enough for production”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “We open-sourced a GAIA-ready agent framework that builds super-agents in minutes” Seen as genuinely interesting
“Gaia and the decentralized identity work were genuinely interesting”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “When the chain becomes the product: Seven years inside a token-funded venture” Seen as quite significant
“This seems quite significant.”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “(AMD) Build AI Agents That Run Locally”
Other AI assistants people recommend
The four most recommended other AI assistants, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | 5,175 | 5,005 | 51% | 13 | 6 mo326 owners | — |
| Google Gemini | 2,195 | 2,236 | 50% | 13 | 6 mo98 owners | — |
| ChatGPT | 2,186 | 2,885 | 43% | 13 | 1 yr164 owners | — |
| Grok | 727 | 1,249 | 37% | 13 | 1 mo19 owners | — |
| GaiaThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“overall better mobile/online maps than many of the bigger auto-generated systems”
“This seems quite significant.”
“Gaia and the decentralized identity work were genuinely interesting”
“Simple enough for side projects, but reliable enough for production”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.