jayminwest/overstory
Multi-agent orchestration for AI coding agents — pluggable runtime adapters for Claude Code, Pi, and more observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 84
- Release rhythm 82
- Longevity 14
Flags: archived
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: 0.0
- age_days: 202
- days_rel: 123
- days_push: 97
- n_releases_24m: 47
Adoption not part of the score
1331 stars · 210 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Overstory is a TypeScript CLI that orchestrates multiple AI coding agents as a team, spawning workers in isolated git worktrees and coordinating them via a SQLite-based mail system with tiered merge conflict resolution. It supports pluggable runtimes (Claude Code, Pi, Gemini CLI, Aider, Goose, and more) surfaced through a web UI or tmux panes.
Use cases
- run multiple ai coding agents in parallel on one codebase
- orchestrate a swarm of claude code workers
- parallelize coding tasks across git worktrees
- coordinate ai agents with a mailbox system
- swap between different coding agent clis with one adapter
- merge work from multiple ai agents with conflict resolution
When to choose
- you want to fan out coding tasks to several AI agents simultaneously
- you need runtime-agnostic orchestration across Claude Code, Pi, Gemini CLI, Aider, and others
- you prefer isolated git worktrees per agent with automated merging
When to avoid
- the repository is archived and no longer maintained — prefer its successor Warren for new work
- you are not prepared for the compounding error rates, cost amplification, and merge conflicts of agent swarms
- you need a single-agent, low-complexity coding assistant
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
agent-framework cli workflow-automation developer-tools large-language-models cli bun multi-agent-orchestration claude-code git-worktrees tmux agent-swarms coding-agents sqlite-mailbox web-ui ai-agents automation macos linux nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/jayminwest/overstory · fetched 2026-08-28 · ca04bd67fab4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jayminwest/overstory | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="jayminwest/overstory")
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