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Open SWE

An AI coding agent that works in the background to investigate code, make changes and open pull requests.

New this week

What it does

Open SWE is an AI agent for software teams. Given an issue or a request, it looks into the codebase, makes changes in a separate safe workspace called a sandbox, checks its work, and delivers the result as a pull request, a proposed change for people to review.

It can also review other people's pull requests, learn a project's review preferences, watch automated tests and respond to feedback. Work can be started from a dashboard, from GitHub, or from Slack.

Its makers, LangChain, say it is under active development and may change. They note that deploying it as-is needs access to a private beta of one of their managed services, so others may need to adapt the code.

Who it's for

Engineering teams who want an automated coding agent connected to GitHub and Slack.

Can I use it without coding?

Developers only. Setting it up means deploying and configuring it yourself, with GitHub and sandbox access. New to this? Start here.

Can I run it?

Runs on
Cloud
Privacy
Sends what you give it to an online service
API key
Not needed

Try it

  1. Read the installation guide in the project's documentation folder.
  2. Note that the standard setup needs access to a private beta service, so you may need to adapt it to your own setup.

Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?

Before you install

  • Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
  • License (MIT): Very permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
  • What you type or upload is sent to an online service. Avoid sharing private or sensitive information.
  • More on staying safe

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