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chorus
Coordinates teams of coding agents and humans through an idea-to-task pipeline
- Stars
- 1.2k
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
602 on 22 Apr 20261,228 on 11 Nov 2026
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Overview
Chorus is a Next.js server that runs an AI-DLC workflow: agents draft proposals, documents and task DAGs, and humans review before work executes. It tracks session lifecycle and task state, applies per-agent permissions, and connects clients such as Claude Code, Codex, Kiro, Pi and Hermes over MCP. It starts locally with embedded PGlite and can move to external PostgreSQL.
Who it is for: Teams running several coding agents who want human review gates
Strengths
- Two-command local start with embedded PGlite, no Docker or database setup
- Fine-grained, configurable permissions per agent and human, with no fixed roles
- Connects many agent clients over MCP, with a setup wizard in Settings
- Optional daemon wakes local agents on assigned tasks, with live Kanban and graph views
Weaknesses
- AGPL-3.0 license restricts closed-source hosted or modified use
- Quick Start pins npm version 0.21.0 while the README lists v0.24.0
- Orchestrates other agents; it does not write code itself
- Multi-agent or production use needs external PostgreSQL, Docker or AWS setup
What it needs
- no GPU
- Docker + Compose
- Needs PostgreSQL 17 (embedded PGlite by default), Redis 7 (optional)
- port 8637
What changed
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