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aden-hive/hive

aden-hive/hive is a framework that RepoRadar is tracking in its Agent Infrastructure section, currently rated Gold tier with a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.2 out of 10.

Score7.7
Popularity10.9
Risklow
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty7.0
Momentum9.0
Maturity6.3
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.2
Setup ease6.4

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for engineering teams and platform teams who need a real Apache-2.0 production-grade multi-agent harness from a Y Combinator-backed team that combines state management + failure recovery + observability + human-in-the-loop + browser-use + 102 MCP tools in one runtime (rather than gluing together LangGraph / smolagents / OpenAI Agents / Anthropic Agents / Pi / Codex CLI separately), for AI

Who should use it

engineering teams and platform teams who need a real Apache-2.0 production-grade multi-agent harness from a Y Combinator-backed team AI engineering teams building production agents who want a single runtime that handles state + retries + observability + HITL without hand-rolling each anyone evaluating a real Apache-2.0 alternative to closed-pipeline managed-agent platforms that still ships the full source under Apache-2.0 with YC backing

Who should skip it

Pass on aden-hive/hive if its scope or audience does not match what your team is building right now.

About this signal

aden-hive/hive is tracked by RepoRadar as a framework in the Agent Infrastructure section. First seen 2026-08-13; the source record was last checked on 2026-08-13. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and moderate setup difficulty. aden-hive/hive leads on workflow potential (9.2) and momentum (9.0); its lowest signal is maturity (6.3), so factor that in before investing setup time. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The aden-hive/hive record combines a 7.7/10 composite score with separate popularity (10.9), risk (low), and setup (moderate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Production deployment requires wiring the agent's LLM API keys (OpenAI / Anthropic / Google Gemini) and exposing the browser-use surface -- pin the harness to a private network and audit the HITL override paths before granting production credentials.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
multi-agent agent-harness production-ai harness-engineering state-management failure-recovery observability human-in-the-loop
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-08-13T20:20:15Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

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History begins 2026-08-13; trends appear after a second dated snapshot. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar scoreTrend begins after a second recorded point.
Repository momentumTrend begins after a second recorded point.
GitHub stars (observed)Trend begins after a second recorded point.
GitHub stars10,903 exact observation
Versionv0.11.0
Last release2026-05-02T01:11:59Z
Maintenanceactive
Current risklow
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineAnthropic, Claude, OpenAI

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-137.79.010,903lowtry nowactive

Why the record changed

version changed

Version changed: not recorded → v0.11.0.

maintenance changed

Maintenance changed: source_activity_not_yet_measured → active.

new entity

Newly added to RepoRadar's decision catalog.