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humanlayer

The best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases.

  • 11.7k stars
  • 961 forks
  • 53 open issues
  • Language: TypeScript
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • updated
Install in ClaudeView on GitHub

Install

Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add humanlayer/humanlayer
/plugin install humanlayer
  1. Inside Claude Code, add the marketplace and install the plugin with the commands above.
  2. Follow any post-install configuration from the README.
  3. Restart the session if commands or hooks do not show up immediately.

Editor's note

HumanLayer is an open-source project centered on CodeLayer, a keyboard-first IDE built on top of Claude Code that lets developers orchestrate multiple AI coding agents simultaneously. Its headline feature, called MULTICLAUDE, runs parallel Claude Code sessions using Git worktrees or remote cloud workers, allowing teams to tackle several workstreams at once rather than waiting on a single agent. The project also includes a legacy HumanLayer SDK focused on human-in-the-loop approval workflows for agentic tasks. Context engineering is a core design philosophy here, drawing on the team's prior work including the "12 Factor Agents" framework, which applies principles similar to the original 12-Factor App methodology to LLM-based systems. CodeLayer targets individual developers and engineering teams who want structured, repeatable workflows around Claude Code rather than ad-hoc prompting, and a team-tier offering pairs organizations with HumanLayer engineers for custom integrations. The project is licensed under Apache 2 and is currently in waitlist access.

README

Plugins overview

Full README on GitHub

HumanLayer

HumanLayer runs coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi) on your machines and lets your team steer them from one place: tasks, sessions, plans, and reviews, synced between a desktop app, a web app, and a daemon on each host.

This repo holds all of it. It's a Turborepo monorepo that uses Bun.

What's here

  • apps/riptide-ui: the app, as a web app and inside the desktop shells

  • apps/riptide-electron, apps/riptide-native: the macOS desktop apps (Electron, Tauri)

  • apps/riptide-daemon: the daemon that runs agent sessions on a host

  • apps/cli: the humanlayer CLI, which also ships the daemon

  • apps/riptide-api: the oRPC + Hono API

  • apps/riptide-electric-proxy: the auth proxy in front of Electric, which syncs Postgres to clients

  • apps/riptide-cloud: the admin web app (organizations, invites, settings, install page)

  • apps/riptide-migrator, apps/updater-server, apps/stale-daemon-sweeper, apps/database-maintenance-function: AWS Lambda jobs

  • apps/riptide-*-plugin, apps/riptide-pi-extension: plugins that mirror Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Pi sessions into HumanLayer

  • apps/riptide-rpi-claude-plugin, apps/rpi-cli, apps/linear-cli: the Research-Plan-Implement skills and their CLIs

  • apps/docs: the user docs

  • apps/devstack: runs a full local stack per worktree

  • packages/: shared libraries (db, schemas, ui, sync, ai, billing, ...)

  • contracts/: the oRPC and Effect RPC contracts between the apps

Get started

You need Bun and Docker. Building apps/riptide-native also needs Rust.

bun install
cp .env.example .env
bun --bun run typecheck
bun run test

bun --bun run devstack help explains how to run the whole stack locally. CONTRIBUTING.md lists every check a pull request must pass.

A build from source sends nothing to us: Sentry, PostHog, and the WorkOS client ID come from env, and stay off when unset. .env.example lists them.

Self-hosting

HumanLayer Cloud runs this code. Guides for running it yourself are in progress.

License

Apache License 2.0. A few vendored folders keep their MIT licenses; NOTICE lists them.

Use cases
DevOps Productivity Dev Tools
Topics
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Frequently asked

What people ask about humanlayer

What is humanlayer/humanlayer?

humanlayer/humanlayer is plugins for the Claude AI ecosystem. The best way to get AI coding agents to solve hard problems in complex codebases. It has 11.7k GitHub stars and its last recorded update is dated 2026-10-23.

How do I install humanlayer?

You can install humanlayer by cloning the repository (https://github.com/humanlayer/humanlayer) or following the README instructions on GitHub. ClaudeWave also provides quick install blocks on this page.

Is humanlayer/humanlayer safe to use?

Our security agent has analyzed humanlayer/humanlayer and assigned a Trust Score of 100/100 (tier: Verified). See the full breakdown of passed checks and flags on this page.

Who maintains humanlayer/humanlayer?

humanlayer/humanlayer is maintained by humanlayer. The last recorded GitHub activity is dated 2026-10-23, with 53 open issues.

Are there alternatives to humanlayer?

Yes. On ClaudeWave you can browse similar plugins at /categories/plugins, sorted by popularity or recent activity.

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