guardrails — independent software & tools

6 independent guardrails listings the big search engines bury.

• model-sherpa

  github · Free · by nordicnode

  Stop hallucinated tool calls, break looping behaviour, and keep secrets out of your context window — zero-config guide-rails for Hermes Agent.

• ai-harness

  github · Free · by samartomar

  Enterprise AI Bootstrapping Harness

• dxkit

  github · Free · by vyuh-labs

  Deterministic Stop-gate and code-graph context for AI coding agents: blocks only net-new findings and gives the loop a structural map of the codebase, locally, with no model in the gate.

• AgentGuard

  github · Free · by astecka-m

  Protect AI agents by detecting and blocking prompt, command injection, Unicode bypass, and social engineering attacks with customizable security controls.

• bonklm

  github · Free · by sammm0308

  Enforce security guardrails for large language models in Node.js applications to manage risks and maintain safe usage across platforms and providers.

• agenttrace

  github · Free · by umairb0

  Trace and debug AI agent behavior locally with a step-by-step visual tool that stores data offline for clear inspection and faster development.