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# Machinist

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

[Visit website ](https://machinist.sh/)[View on GitHub](https://github.com/owainlewis/machinist)

Open-source software factory infrastructure that queues coding tasks and hands them to agent CLIs on your own machine.

## Overview

Machinist is open-source software factory infrastructure that runs on your own machine or VM. A control plane queues coding tasks, and workers hand them to Codex, Claude Code or any other agent CLI, keeping repository access and credentials local.

Every run is recorded with its time, tokens and outcome, and ends with a pull request for a human to approve. Machinist is in early access, with no pricing or hosted version.

## Features

* Control plane queues coding tasks.
* Workers hand tasks to Codex, Claude Code or any other agent CLI.
* Keeps repository access and credentials local.
* Records time, tokens and outcome for every run.
* Ends each run with a pull request for human approval.

## Details

* Website

  [machinist.sh](https://machinist.sh/)

* Company

  Machinist

* Headquarters

  Cardiff, United Kingdom

* Category

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

* Source

  Open source

* Repository

  * [github.com/owainlewis/machinist](https://github.com/owainlewis/machinist)

* Deployment

  Local, Self-hosted

* Commercial offering

  None found

* Topics

  * [Works with your agents](/software-factories/?tag=bring-your-own-agent)
  * [Observability & cost tracking](/software-factories/?tag=observability)
  * [Background agents](/software-factories/?tag=background-agents)

* Listed

  October 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

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