Open & Closed Source Maintenance on Autopilot
Put your repo on autopilot
Hive is a fleet of AI agents that handle the repetitive parts of maintaining a software project — open source or private — triaging issues, writing fixes, keeping dependencies secure, and merging on green CI. Maintainers are freed to innovate, grow adoption, and focus on strategy.
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How it works
From backlog to self-maintaining
Point a hive at your repository and a governor decides, minute by minute, how hard the agents should work based on your open issue and PR queue. You choose how much autonomy to grant. Hive doesn’t replace maintainers — it handles the mundane so they can focus on what matters.
Issue filed
A bug report, feature request, or dependency alert lands on the repo.
Triage
The scanner agent reads, labels, and assigns the issue within minutes.
Fix agent
A specialized agent writes the fix in an isolated worktree, opens a PR.
CI gate
The deterministic pipeline gates every change — build, lint, and tests must pass.
Review
Reviewer agents check post-merge state, GA4 regressions, and invariant drift.
Merge
PRs merge on green CI at the autonomy level you allow. No human approval needed at L4+.
Rerun
The loop restarts. Security patches, dep updates, and test fixes happen continuously.
Why Hive
Automate the mundane, reclaim your time
Hive is not about replacing humans. Security patches, dependency updates, test fixes, and issue triage are essential but repetitive. Hive automates them so maintainers can spend time on outreach, adoption, innovation, and strategy — the things that are often neglected.
Get a hive for your project
Hosted on our infrastructure — no Kubernetes, no setup. Request one and invite contributors to run the agents.
Contribute compute to a hive
Lend your AI CLI to run agents for a public project. Earn trust tiers as you complete tasks and climb the leaderboard.
A pipeline, not a prompt
Every fix goes through a deterministic two-layer pipeline — build, lint, test, and policy checks — before any LLM or merge touches it.
Get started
Running in minutes
The recommended path starts with a hosted hive — no cluster or infrastructure required. Self-hosting is also fully supported.
Login with GitHub
Authenticate so we can provision your hive and install the GitHub App on your repos.
Install the Hive App
Grant the Hive GitHub App access to the repositories you want maintained.
Choose your autonomy level
Pick an ACMM level from L1 Advisory to L6 Fully Autonomous. Start conservative, upgrade anytime.
Connect your AI provider
On each agent card, pick the CLI (Claude Code, Copilot, …) and model, then authenticate — open the agent's terminal and run the CLI's login command, or use the card's Login button. Prefer local? Point agents at your own models via vLLM or llm-d — no provider account needed.
Agents start working
Within minutes, agents begin triaging issues, writing fixes, and opening PRs. Watch from your dashboard.
Safety model
Conservative by default
Every level of autonomy is opt-in. The deterministic pipeline gates every change before any AI or merge touches it.
- CI must pass before any PR merges. No exceptions at any ACMM level.
- Agents cannot push directly to main. All changes go through PRs with full audit trails.
- You control the autonomy level. Start at L1 Advisory and upgrade when you’re ready.
- Deterministic pipeline filters before LLMs. Build, lint, test, and policy checks gate every change.
- All agent actions are logged. Full transparency in the dashboard and GitHub activity.
- Hosted hives are isolated. Your code stays in your repos — the hive reads issues and opens PRs.
Bring your own AI
Runs the AI you already have
Each agent picks its own method and model. Use a subscription CLI, an API-key provider, or point agents at your own models — no provider account required for self-hosted inference.
| Method | Type | Models | Authentication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | CLI agent | Anthropic (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) | Anthropic subscription — dashboard Login button or /login in the agent terminal |
| GitHub Copilot | CLI agent | Copilot catalog (Claude, GPT, Gemini) | GitHub device-flow login |
| Gemini CLI | CLI agent | Gemini | Google account or API key |
| Goose | CLI agent | Multi-provider | Provider API key |
| Codex | CLI agent | OpenAI | OpenAI login or API key |
| Aider | CLI agent | Multi-provider | Provider API key |
| Bob | CLI agent | IBM | CLI login |
| vLLM | Self-hosted inference | Your own models, your GPUs | None — no provider account |
| llm-d | Distributed inference on Kubernetes | Your own models, your cluster | None — no provider account |
| LiteLLM new | OpenAI-compatible gateway | Anything behind your LiteLLM endpoint | Endpoint URL + API key |
Active Hives
Cross-Hive Leaderboard
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