# Background Agents

> An open-source framework for background coding agents that autonomously handle tasks from code to tests to merged PRs, enabling non-engineers to ship code.

Background Agents is an open-source, self-hostable framework that lets entire teams—not just engineers—ship code through autonomous background coding agents. From a simple description, the agent handles coding, testing, and PR creation, so PMs, designers, and engineers can all contribute without local environment setup. Sessions run asynchronously, meaning you can kick off a task at midnight and review the finished PR over breakfast. Built on Cloudflare Workers, Modal-powered sandboxes, and a Next.js web client, it integrates with GitHub, Slack, VS Code, and more.

- **Zero Setup** — *Every session comes pre-configured with your full stack (repo cloned, dependencies installed, database seeded, dev server running) in seconds, so anyone can start without local environment configuration.*
- **Async by Design** — *Agents work while you sleep; start a session anytime and review the resulting PR whenever you're ready.*
- **Unlimited Concurrency** — *Every team member can run parallel sessions simultaneously—PMs, designers, and engineers all working at once with no bottlenecks.*
- **Multiplayer Sessions** — *Share a session URL with colleagues so multiple people can prompt, make changes, and collaborate in real time.*
- **Multi-Surface Access** — *Start sessions from Slack, refine in the web UI, edit in web-based VS Code, or review on mobile—everything stays synced.*
- **Skip the Ticket Queue** — *PMs and designers can turn requests directly into PRs without waiting for engineering cycles.*
- **Self-Hostable & Open Source** — *Licensed under MIT; deploy it yourself or use the managed deployment option tailored to your team's repos, tools, and workflows.*
- **Modern Infrastructure** — *Control plane on Cloudflare Workers + Durable Objects for session management and WebSocket streaming; data plane on Modal-powered sandboxed environments running autonomous coding agents.*
- **GitHub Integration** — *Agents open pull requests directly in your repositories, complete with proper attribution and ready for review.*

## Features
- Background autonomous coding agents
- Zero local setup required
- Async session management
- Unlimited concurrent sessions
- Multiplayer collaborative sessions
- Slack integration for session start
- Web-based VS Code editing
- GitHub PR creation
- Pre-configured dev environments
- Self-hostable deployment
- MIT open-source license
- Mobile review support
- Cloudflare Workers control plane
- Modal-powered sandboxed environments

## Integrations
GitHub, Slack, VS Code, Chrome Extension

## Platforms
WEB, API, BROWSER_EXTENSION, VSC_EXTENSION

## Pricing
Open Source, Free tier available

## Links
- Website: https://backgroundagents.dev
- Documentation: https://github.com/ColeMurray/background-agents
- Repository: https://github.com/ColeMurray/background-agents
- EveryDev.ai: https://www.everydev.ai/tools/background-agents