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    vercel-labs/open-agents

    An open source template for building cloud agents.

    ai-agents
    ai
    agent
    agents
    background-agents
    TypeScript
    MIT
    5.9K stars
    748 forks
    5.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 4, 2026
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    SDKs, agent skills, IDE extensions, and reference pipelines from Backblaze Labs. All open source.

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    Where it stands

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    The project lists 14 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #15 in the weekly ranking the week of Apr 19, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an open-source template for building and running background coding agents with a web UI, durable workflows, and sandboxed execution on Vercel.
    • Separates agent logic from sandbox execution, enabling independent lifecycle management and flexible model or sandbox implementations.
    • Use for creating chat-driven coding assistants that interact with code repositories via GitHub integration and automated pull requests.
    • Use for deploying isolated development sandboxes that support filesystem, shell, git operations, and preview servers with snapshot-based resume.
    • Use for building multi-step, durable workflows that persist across sessions and support streaming, cancellation, and session sharing.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present

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    From the README

    Open Agents is an open-source reference app for building and running background coding agents on Vercel. It includes the web UI, the agent runtime, sandbox orchestration, and the GitHub integration needed to go from prompt to code changes without keeping your laptop involved.

    The repo is meant to be forked and adapted, not treated as a black box.

    The agent does not run inside the VM. It runs outside the sandbox and interacts with it through tools like file reads, edits, search, and shell commands.

    Excerpt from the vercel-labs/open-agents README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    748-4

    Open issues

    57+1

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