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3. ESF

# ESF

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

[Visit website ](https://github.com/mitkox/esf)[View on GitHub](https://github.com/mitkox/esf)

Runs coding agents through Temporal workflows in isolated microVMs with verification gates.

## Overview

ESF runs coding agents through Temporal workflows, isolating them in microVMs and passing their work through verification gates. It is a fork of Machinist by Owain Lewis.

The project is self-hosted and fully open source under the MIT license, with no pricing or hosted version.

## Features

* Runs agents through Temporal workflows.
* Isolates agents in microVMs.
* Adds verification gates to agent work.

## Details

* Website

  [github.com/mitkox/esf](https://github.com/mitkox/esf)

* Company

  ESF (mitkox)

* Category

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

* Source

  Open source

* Repository

  * [github.com/mitkox/esf](https://github.com/mitkox/esf) · 197 stars

* License

  MIT

* Deployment

  Self-hosted

* Commercial offering

  None found

* Topics

  * [Sandboxes](/software-factories/?tag=sandboxes)
  * [Testing & QA](/software-factories/?tag=testing)

* Listed

  October 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

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