Hive Commons is a family of open source tools for working with AI coding agents. Hive manages work across your projects. Crux runs the agents and can be used on its own.
| Project | What it is | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Hive | Agent fleet orchestrator (hub + spokes) — the flagship and UI/delivery surface for the family | hivecommons/hive |
| Crux | Start AI coding agents, send them work, and recover from stalls or crashes — without running Hive | hivecommons/crux · Docs & getting started |
| Spektacular | Spec-driven development for AI coding agents — a markdown spec becomes a reviewed plan and an agent-driven implementation | hivecommons/spektacular · spektacular.dev |
| pluk | Pub-sub event streaming for tmux sessions running AI agents | hivecommons/pluk · npm @hivecommons/pluk |
| promptargs | Prompt templates with variable substitution | hivecommons/promptargs · npm @hivecommons/promptargs |
| rationguard | Real-time rationalization detection for agent output | hivecommons/rationguard · npm @hivecommons/rationguard |
| hotshot | Screenshots straight into the terminal for AI coding assistants | hivecommons/hotshot |
| Dibs | Marketplace of ideas connecting ideators with hive-managed repositories | hivecommons/dibs · dibs.hivecommons.dev |
hivecommons.dev · join the community · biweekly meeting (Thursdays 10AM ET) · agenda & notes · recordings · security contact: [email protected]
Hive is maintained by a Maintainer Committee, with a documented contributor ladder, DCO-signed contributions, and explicit governance for AI-agent contributions (every merge is accountable to a human maintainer). Governance documents live in this repository: GOVERNANCE · MAINTAINERS · CONTRIBUTING · SECURITY · CODE_OF_CONDUCT · ROADMAP · ADOPTERS.
- Issues and contributions: hivecommons/hive
- Build with Crux: getting started · issues and contributions
- Conduct: this community follows the CNCF Code of Conduct