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kirodotdev/kirocrew

Analysis updated 2026-08-13

2,808PythonAudience · developerComplexity · 4/5LicenseSetup · moderate

TLDR

A self hosted AI agent workspace that remembers past work and keeps completing tasks unattended across sessions, reachable from a desktop app, dashboard, or chat apps.

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  root((Kiro Crew))
    What it does
      Persistent AI agent workspace
      Remembers across sessions
      Runs tasks unattended
    How it works
      Local or remote Gateway
      Desktop app or CLI
      Chat app integrations
    Use cases
      Automate recurring dev tasks
      Monitor systems with heartbeats
      Continue agent work from Slack
    Tech stack
      Python
      Docker
      CLI
    Audience
      Developers
      Automation builders
      Power users

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Run a long, multi step development task in the background without keeping a chat window open.

USE CASE 2

Set up recurring automated jobs that run on a schedule.

USE CASE 3

Monitor systems with heartbeats and get notified only when something needs attention.

USE CASE 4

Continue working with the same AI agent from Slack, Discord, or Teams instead of a dashboard.

What is it built with?

PythonDockerCLI

How does it compare?

kirodotdev/kirocrewelementalsouls/claude-bughunterdebpalash/omnivoice-studio
Stars2,8082,8532,707
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Last pushed2026-07-01
MaintenanceMaintained
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity4/53/52/5
Audiencedeveloperdevelopergeneral

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Windows has no desktop app yet, requires running the Gateway from source and using the web dashboard.

Apache 2.0, free to use, modify, and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the license notice.

In plain English

Kiro Crew is an open source workspace for AI agents that keeps working even after you close it, rather than starting fresh every time you open a new chat. It runs on your own computer or a remote server you control, remembers what it worked on before, and can keep doing multi step tasks unattended in the background. You can talk to it through a desktop app, a web dashboard, a command line tool, or by connecting it to chat apps like Slack and Discord so you can check in and give instructions from wherever you already work. The project describes itself as self improving and self evolving, meaning the workspace is meant to keep getting better at handling your work over repeated sessions instead of treating each conversation as isolated. It can run recurring jobs on a schedule and use heartbeats to monitor systems, staying quiet until something actually needs your attention. Installing it offers several paths depending on how you want to run it. There is a desktop app for macOS and Linux that updates itself automatically, a one line install command that downloads a verified package without cloning the repository, a Docker image for servers that need to stay running all the time, and the option to build it from source. Windows does not yet have a desktop app, so on Windows you run the underlying Gateway from a source install and use the web dashboard in your browser instead. Every install method offers three release channels, a stable default, an early access insider track, and a nightly build straight from the latest code that can break at any time. Once running, you open a local web address and start a conversation, and you can optionally connect messaging platforms like Slack, Discord, Telegram, or Microsoft Teams so the same agent keeps working with you outside the dashboard. The project is released under the Apache 2.0 license. The full README is longer than what was shown.

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Prompt 1
Help me choose the right install path for Kiro Crew on my operating system.
Prompt 2
Explain the difference between the stable, insider, and nightly release channels.
Prompt 3
Show me how to connect Kiro Crew to Slack so I can continue tasks from chat.
Prompt 4
Walk me through running Kiro Crew's Gateway with Docker on an always on server.

Frequently asked questions

What is kirocrew?

A self hosted AI agent workspace that remembers past work and keeps completing tasks unattended across sessions, reachable from a desktop app, dashboard, or chat apps.

What language is kirocrew written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, Docker, CLI.

What license does kirocrew use?

Apache 2.0, free to use, modify, and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the license notice.

How hard is kirocrew to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is kirocrew for?

Mainly developer.

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