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# Paddock

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

[Visit website ](https://racecraft-lab.github.io/Paddock/)[View on GitHub](https://github.com/racecraft-lab/Paddock)

Control plane for GitHub issue-driven agent workflows with sandboxes, governance and human review.

## Overview

Paddock is a control plane for software factories built around GitHub issues. Agents pick up work from issues and run in sandboxes, with governance controls and a human review step before changes land.

It is an alpha open-source project from Racecraft Lab, released under the MIT license. There is no hosted version or paid plan.

## Features

* Drives agent work from GitHub issues.
* Runs work in sandboxes.
* Adds governance controls and human review.

## Details

* Website

  [racecraft-lab.github.io/Paddock](https://racecraft-lab.github.io/Paddock/)

* Company

  Racecraft Lab (Paddock)

* Category

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

* Source

  Open source

* Repository

  * [github.com/racecraft-lab/Paddock](https://github.com/racecraft-lab/Paddock) · 12 stars

* License

  MIT

* Commercial offering

  None found

* Topics

  * [Issue to pull request](/software-factories/?tag=issue-to-pr)
  * [Sandboxes](/software-factories/?tag=sandboxes)
  * [Governance & audit](/software-factories/?tag=governance)

* Listed

  October 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

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