Saw Anthropic demo their internal "Swarms" tool at a Claude Code meetup - a manager agent coordinating multiple worker agents on a single task. When asked about releasing it, they said they don't know if or when they'll release it.
So I built an open source alternative.
Built on top of Claude Code's agent system and custom personas. Uses tmux to spawn each agent in its own pane, the manager on the left, workers stacked on the right. You watch them all working at once and can jump into any pane to interact directly.
Agents communicate via tmux @mentions and coordinate through file ownership claims to avoid conflicts.
Example: spin up a full product team - frontend dev, backend dev, UX/UI designer, copywriter, and a security consultant - all working toward the same goal. The manager delegates, they build their parts, ask each other questions, and coordinate to avoid conflicts.
jamiemurphy•1mo ago
So I built an open source alternative.
Built on top of Claude Code's agent system and custom personas. Uses tmux to spawn each agent in its own pane, the manager on the left, workers stacked on the right. You watch them all working at once and can jump into any pane to interact directly.
Agents communicate via tmux @mentions and coordinate through file ownership claims to avoid conflicts.
Example: spin up a full product team - frontend dev, backend dev, UX/UI designer, copywriter, and a security consultant - all working toward the same goal. The manager delegates, they build their parts, ask each other questions, and coordinate to avoid conflicts.
Feedback welcome.
https://github.com/MakingJamie/claude-colony