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# Cyrus

[Agent orchestration](/software-factories/category/agent-orchestration.md) Open source

[Visit website ](https://atcyrus.com/)[View on GitHub](https://github.com/cyrusagents/cyrus)

Claude Code background agent for Linear, Slack, GitHub and GitLab that can be self-hosted or used as a cloud service.

## Overview

Cyrus is a background agent built on Claude Code. It picks up work from Linear, Slack, GitHub and GitLab and runs the customer’s agent on it.

The agent and its self-host setup are open source under Apache-2.0, with a free self-hosted Community option. Cyrus Cloud is the hosted service with a managed Linear app, priced at $50 a month for Pro, $120 a month for Team and custom Enterprise plans.

## Features

* Runs Claude Code as a background agent.
* Works from Linear, Slack, GitHub and GitLab.
* Can be deployed anywhere with the open-source self-host setup.
* Hosted Cyrus Cloud includes a managed Linear app.

## Details

* Website

  [atcyrus.com](https://atcyrus.com/)

* Company

  Cyrus

* Category

  [Agent orchestration](/software-factories/category/agent-orchestration.md)

* Source

  Open source

* Repository

  * [github.com/cyrusagents/cyrus](https://github.com/cyrusagents/cyrus) · 857 stars

* License

  Apache-2.0

* Deployment

  Cloud, Self-hosted

* Commercial offering

  Yes, paid offering available

* Topics

  * [Background agents](/software-factories/?tag=background-agents)
  * [Works with your agents](/software-factories/?tag=bring-your-own-agent)
  * [Issue to pull request](/software-factories/?tag=issue-to-pr)

* Listed

  October 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

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