---
type: "post"
id: "humanlayer-open-sources-its-core-coding-agent-platform-54b0aa"
slug: "humanlayer-open-sources-its-core-coding-agent-platform-54b0aa"
title: "HumanLayer open-sources its core coding-agent platform under Apache 2.0"
description: "HumanLayer published the source code for HumanLayer Core under the Apache 2.0 license."
retrieval_nugget: "HumanLayer published the source code for HumanLayer Core under the Apache 2.0 license."
published_at: "2026-10-23"
updated_at: "2026-10-23"
record_date: "2026-10-23"
date_kind: "published_at"
topics: ["claude","claude-code","codex"]
entities: ["HumanLayer","HumanLayer Core","HumanLayer Cloud","Claude Code","Codex","Apache License 2.0","Electric"]
related_patterns: ["harness-architecture-outlives-model-choice","ai-native-orgs-move-to-review-and-orchestration"]
novelty_label: "new_fact"
what_changed: "HumanLayer is newly open-sourcing its core coding-agent platform under Apache 2.0; none of the archive items covers this release."
prior_refs: []
source_url: "https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/open-sourcing-humanlayer"
source_urls: ["https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/open-sourcing-humanlayer"]
schema_version: "newruntime-agent-readable-v0.2"
stable_id: "post:humanlayer-open-sources-its-core-coding-agent-platform-54b0aa"
status: "published"
visuals: []
editor: {"role":"editor","name":"Andrey Reshetnikov","profile":"https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md","profile_json":"https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json","same_as":["https://www.linkedin.com/in/reshetnikov1/","https://t.me/lapetuse"]}
routes: {"html":"https://newruntime.com/posts/humanlayer-open-sources-its-core-coding-agent-platform-54b0aa/","markdown":"https://newruntime.com/posts/humanlayer-open-sources-its-core-coding-agent-platform-54b0aa.md","json":"https://newruntime.com/posts/humanlayer-open-sources-its-core-coding-agent-platform-54b0aa.json"}
---

# HumanLayer open-sources its core coding-agent platform under Apache 2.0

## Retrieval answer

HumanLayer published the source code for HumanLayer Core under the Apache 2.0 license.

HumanLayer published the source code for HumanLayer Core under the Apache 2.0 license. The October 23 post says the release contains the same code used by HumanLayer Cloud.

The repository includes an Electron desktop application, a Tauri build, the web UI, and the `humanlayer` CLI daemon that runs Claude Code and Codex sessions on users' machines. It also includes the cloud API, an Electric proxy for syncing Postgres data to clients, sources for the humanlayer-pi and humanlayer-opencode plugins, RPI skills, a Linear CLI, and data models for organizations, teams, projects, tasks, sessions, plans, comments, diffs, and pull requests. GitHub, Linear, Jira, and Slack integrations are included.

HumanLayer says self-built deployments send no telemetry unless operators configure keys or DSNs. A Docker Compose file is available to run the full stack, although some third-party API keys, including WorkOS, Slack, and Linear, remain mandatory for some startup paths. The hosted free and paid service is unchanged for now.

The post does not establish the production maturity or security of self-hosted deployments, nor does it specify a timeline for making third-party dependencies optional or adding AWS, infrastructure-as-code, and Kubernetes deployment options.

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

## Continue in the graph

Next records for an agent, linked to their Markdown twins. Replace `.md` with `.json` for structured fields, including `next_reads`.

- topic hub: [Claude](https://newruntime.com/topics/claude.md): Explore the claude topic hub.
- topic hub: [Claude Code](https://newruntime.com/topics/claude-code.md): Explore the claude-code topic hub.
- topic hub: [Codex](https://newruntime.com/topics/codex.md): Explore the codex topic hub.
- collection: [Field Notes](https://newruntime.com/posts.json): Open the latest editorial analysis.
- collection: [Source Ledger](https://newruntime.com/source-ledger.json): Inspect the public source evidence graph.
- whole graph: [discovery graph](https://newruntime.com/discovery-graph.json) (typed nodes and edges) and [site index](https://newruntime.com/site-index.md)