October Bus lets multiple local AI coding agents discover peers and exchange durable messages to coordinate work with no cloud control plane — Apache-2.0.
Yes, October Bus is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
self-host free; optional hosted multiplayer $9/month or $100/year (freemium).
Yes, October Bus can be self-hosted (the source is available under the Apache-2.0 license).
A local-first coordination layer for AI agents and harnesses (Apache-2.0): agents discover peers, exchange durable messages, delegate work, coordinate shared tasks, and request human input — with delivery guarantees, identity management, and no cloud control plane. Go daemon + SQLite, TypeScript SDK, MCP bindings.