# vercel-labs/open-agents

An open source template for building cloud agents.

Repository: https://github.com/vercel-labs/open-agents
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/open-agents
Homepage: https://open-agents.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: agent, agents, ai, background-agents
Last push: 2026-08-20T18:35:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 17
- inputs: {"age_days": 250, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5790, forks 751 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:29.648735+00:00)

## What it is
Open Agents is an open-source reference application and template for building cloud-hosted background coding agents on Vercel. It combines a Next.js web UI, a durable agent workflow runtime, and isolated sandbox VMs with GitHub integration so agents can go from prompt to committed code changes autonomously.

## Use cases
- build a cloud coding agent that opens PRs from chat prompts
- run background AI agents that survive restarts and hibernation
- fork a template for autonomous code-editing agents with sandboxed execution
- deploy an agent platform with GitHub OAuth and repo cloning
- stream agent progress and diffs to a web UI
- run multi-step agent workflows with checkpointing and resume

## When to choose
- you want a forkable, production-grade starting point for cloud coding agents on Vercel
- you need durable, resumable agent runs with isolated sandbox VMs and git integration
- you want the agent control plane decoupled from the sandbox execution environment

## When to avoid
- you need a library or SDK to embed agents in an existing app rather than a full reference application
- you want to self-host entirely outside Vercel's sandbox and workflow primitives
- you need a simple local CLI coding agent without cloud infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, chat-interface, workflow-automation, auth, llm-inference
- domain: large-language-models, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cloud, self-hosted
- tags: coding-agents, vercel, background-agents, sandbox-orchestration, durable-workflows, github-integration, template, reference-app, sandbox, ai-agents, automation, typescript, nodejs, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- vercel-labs/open-agents (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.648735+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:52:48.905484+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vercel-labs/open-agents (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.648735+00:00, sha 6eca1c380a2a)
  - homepage: https://open-agents.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:48:23.449365+00:00, sha 9829208fb552)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.