coleam00/Archon
The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 40
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 2
- age_days: 572
- days_rel: 16
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 20
Adoption not part of the score
23276 stars · 3467 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Archon is an open-source workflow engine for AI coding agents that lets you define development processes (planning, implementation, validation, review, PR creation) as YAML workflows. It runs these workflows deterministically across CLI, Web UI, Slack, Telegram, GitHub, and Discord, with each run isolated in its own git worktree.
Use cases
- automate bug fixes with AI agents
- run parallel AI coding agents in isolated worktrees
- define repeatable AI coding workflows as YAML
- dispatch coding tasks from Slack or Telegram
- automate code review and PR creation with AI
- orchestrate Claude Code and Codex agents
When to choose
- you want deterministic, repeatable AI coding processes instead of ad-hoc agent prompts
- you need to run multiple AI agent tasks in parallel without merge conflicts
- you want to trigger coding workflows from chat apps, GitHub comments, or the terminal
- you use Claude Code or Codex and want an orchestration layer over them
When to avoid
- you need a fully autonomous agent without predefined workflow structure
- your environment lacks AVX2 on x64 and you cannot build from source
- you don't use AI coding agents like Claude Code or Codex
- you need a simple one-shot AI code generation tool rather than multi-step workflow orchestration
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
workflow-automation agent-framework cli developer-tools developer-tools large-language-models windows cli cross-platform ai-coding-agents yaml-workflows claude-code git-worktrees orchestration parallel-agents dag-workflows automation ai-agents command-line macos linux docker
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/coleam00/Archon · fetched 2026-08-28 · 64e36bb09e51
- homepage: https://archon.diy · fetched 2026-08-29 · f71385c4d5d3
- site_page: https://archon.diy/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · b531cf5f18aa
- site_page: https://archon.diy/getting-started/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 36fad3dda78d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| coleam00/Archon | main | 87 |
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