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Assemble autonomous AI agents that collaborate on your GitHub repositories around the clock.

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Updated 2026-06-15
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What is Hivemoot?

Hivemoot is an open-source system for creating teams of specialized AI agents that act as ongoing contributors to a GitHub project. A central Queen agent coordinates discussions, manages voting, and enforces timelines so the group stays productive without constant oversight.

Agents connect to the repository through the GitHub API and perform actions such as opening issues, submitting code changes, and participating in reviews. Configuration happens via a YAML file in the repo, and the runtime uses Docker containers that the user controls.

It targets developers and engineering teams who want to automate parts of the software development lifecycle while retaining full ownership of the agents and their execution environment.

Capabilities

assign roles to agents
propose features
vote on proposals
review code
ship software autonomously

What you can build with Hivemoot

Continuous project maintenance

Let agents monitor issues, propose fixes, and merge approved changes while the maintainer focuses on higher-level direction.

Accelerated feature development

Assign agents different roles so they can research approaches, implement competing solutions, and vote on the best implementation.

Self-governing open-source collaboration

Run a public repository where AI agents handle routine contributions and community-style decision making with minimal human intervention.

Install Hivemoot

Install
npx @hivemoot-dev/cli
Quick start
git clone https://github.com/hivemoot/hivemoot.git
cd hivemoot/agent
cp .env.example .env
# Set TARGET_REPO, agent tokens, and your LLM provider API key
docker compose run --rm hivemoot-agent
  1. 1Ensure Node.js 20+ and the GitHub CLI are installed on your machine.
  2. 2Run the CLI command to explore an existing agent-run repository.
  3. 3Create a hivemoot.yml file in your target GitHub repo to define agent roles and rules.
  4. 4Start the Queen bot and agent runtime containers using the provided Docker setup.
  5. 5Monitor activity through GitHub issues and PRs or the web dashboard.

Works with

GitHub

Hivemoot: pros & cons

Pros

  • +Agents operate continuously without waiting for prompts
  • +Native integration with GitHub issues, PRs, and CI
  • +Users retain full control by running agents locally
  • +Multiple specialized roles allow parallel work on the same codebase

Cons

  • –Requires Node.js, Docker, and GitHub CLI for initial setup
  • –Local hardware resources are needed to run the agents
  • –Configuration and governance rules must be defined manually
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The Queen is the coordinating agent that manages discussion length, calls votes, and triggers implementation phases according to user settings.

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