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OpenSwarm

A worker-and-reviewer loop over your issue tracker

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Popularity

★ 835

Last update

August 2026

License / pricing

MIT

What it does

Picks up issues from Linear or a built-in tracker, runs them through worker/reviewer agent pairs, and reports progress back — with Codex, GPT, anything on OpenRouter, local models via Ollama or LM Studio, or Claude Code behind it. The reviewer is another instance of the same kind of model, so it can share the worker's blind spot; keep a human gate on what merges, scope permissions tightly, and set a spend ceiling before running several agents at once. MIT.

Summary based on the project's own description. The Japanese page has a fuller beginner guide: setup difficulty, what to prepare, and a step-by-step start.

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Before you start

Setup difficultySome setup needed
Command lineRequired
API keyRequired
Sends data onlineYes

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OpenSwarm FAQ

Is OpenSwarm free?: OpenSwarm itself is free, but it needs an API key for an external AI service. That service charges separately, though some have a free tier.
Do I need to install anything or write code to use OpenSwarm?: It needs the command line. If you are not comfortable typing commands, expect to get stuck during setup.
Does OpenSwarm work on a phone?: No. It needs a computer.
Can I use OpenSwarm commercially?: The licence is MIT, which permits commercial use. Conditions such as keeping the copyright notice still apply, so read the licence text before shipping it inside something.

How it compares

The conditions that decide whether you can actually use it, side by side.

Tool	Command line	API key	Sends data out	Phone	Commercial use
OpenSwarm (this page)	Required	Required	Yes	No	Yes
gpt-pilot	Required	Required	Yes	No	With conditions
byterover-cli	Required	Required	Yes	No	With conditions
imcodes	Required	Not needed	Yes	No	Yes

"Sends data out" means your input is uploaded to someone's server. Pick "No" when the material cannot leave your organisation.

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What it does

Summary based on the project's own description. The Japanese page has a fuller beginner guide: setup difficulty, what to prepare, and a step-by-step start.

OpenSwarm FAQ

Is OpenSwarm free?

OpenSwarm itself is free, but it needs an API key for an external AI service. That service charges separately, though some have a free tier.

Do I need to install anything or write code to use OpenSwarm?

It needs the command line. If you are not comfortable typing commands, expect to get stuck during setup.

Does OpenSwarm work on a phone?

No. It needs a computer.

Can I use OpenSwarm commercially?

The licence is MIT, which permits commercial use. Conditions such as keeping the copyright notice still apply, so read the licence text before shipping it inside something.

How it compares

The conditions that decide whether you can actually use it, side by side.

Tool	Command line	API key	Sends data out	Phone	Commercial use
OpenSwarm (this page)	Required	Required	Yes	No	Yes
gpt-pilot	Required	Required	Yes	No	With conditions
byterover-cli	Required	Required	Yes	No	With conditions
imcodes	Required	Not needed	Yes	No	Yes

"Sends data out" means your input is uploaded to someone's server. Pick "No" when the material cannot leave your organisation.