AI Dominates Open Source Startups in 2024, Runa Capital Report Reveals

According to PANews, the 2024 Runa Open Source Startup Index (ROSS Index) report by European venture capital firm Runa Capital highlights that over half of the world's top 20 open source startups are closely linked to AI. The index uses GitHub 'star' growth as a metric to track the growth trends of commercial open source projects. Leading the list is Ollama, a Y Combinator-backed company offering tools for locally running large language models (LLM), which saw a GitHub star increase of 76,000, bringing its total to over 135,000. Zed Industries ranks second with its cross-platform collaborative code editor, gaining 52,000 stars after its open-source release in 2024. LangGenius, in third place, developed the LLM application platform Dify, achieving a growth rate of 326% and surpassing 84,000 stars. Additionally, ComfyUI and All Hands have made it into the top five with their generative AI tools and developer agent platforms, respectively. The report also indicates that while AI and LLM continue to dominate, developer tools and privacy-focused self-hosted tools are gaining attention. Notable entries in the top ten include Zed, Stirling PDF, and RustDesk. Furthermore, the blockchain project Fuel demonstrates that the crypto sector remains vibrant.