Multica

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The open-source managed agents platform.
Turn coding agents into real teammates — assign tasks, track progress, compound skills.

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What is Multica?

Multica turns coding agents into real teammates. Assign issues to an agent like you'd assign to a colleague — they'll pick up the work, write code, report blockers, and update statuses autonomously.

No more copy-pasting prompts. No more babysitting runs. Your agents show up on the board, participate in conversations, and compound reusable skills over time. Think of it as open-source infrastructure for managed agents — vendor-neutral, self-hosted, and designed for human + AI teams. Works with Claude Code and Codex.

Features

Multica manages the full agent lifecycle: from task assignment to execution monitoring to skill reuse.

• Agents as Teammates — assign to an agent like you'd assign to a colleague. They have profiles, show up on the board, post comments, create issues, and report blockers proactively.
• Autonomous Execution — set it and forget it. Full task lifecycle management (enqueue, claim, start, complete/fail) with real-time progress streaming via WebSocket.
• Reusable Skills — every solution becomes a reusable skill for the whole team. Deployments, migrations, code reviews — skills compound your team's capabilities over time.
• Unified Runtimes — one dashboard for all your compute. Local daemons and cloud runtimes, auto-detection of available CLIs, real-time monitoring.
• Multi-Workspace — organize work across teams with workspace-level isolation. Each workspace has its own agents, issues, and settings.

Getting Started

Multica Cloud

The fastest way to get started — no setup required: multica.ai

Self-Host with Docker

git clone https://github.com/multica-ai/multica.git
cd multica
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — at minimum, change JWT_SECRET

docker compose up -d                              # Start PostgreSQL
cd server && go run ./cmd/migrate up && cd ..     # Run migrations
make start                                         # Start the app

See the Self-Hosting Guide for full instructions.

CLI

The multica CLI connects your local machine to Multica — authenticate, manage workspaces, and run the agent daemon.

Option A — paste this to your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.):

Fetch https://github.com/multica-ai/multica/blob/main/CLI_INSTALL.md and follow the instructions to install Multica CLI, log in, and start the daemon on this machine.

Option B — install manually:

# Install
brew tap multica-ai/tap
brew install multica

# Authenticate and start
multica login
multica daemon start

The daemon auto-detects available agent CLIs (claude, codex) on your PATH. When an agent is assigned a task, the daemon creates an isolated environment, runs the agent, and reports results back.

See the CLI and Daemon Guide for the full command reference, daemon configuration, and advanced usage.

Quickstart

Once you have the CLI installed (or signed up for Multica Cloud), follow these steps to assign your first task to an agent:

1. Log in and start the daemon

multica login           # Authenticate with your Multica account
multica daemon start    # Start the local agent runtime

The daemon runs in the background and keeps your machine connected to Multica. It auto-detects agent CLIs (claude, codex) available on your PATH.

2. Verify your runtime

Open your workspace in the Multica web app. Navigate to Settings → Runtimes — you should see your machine listed as an active Runtime.

What is a Runtime? A Runtime is a compute environment that can execute agent tasks. It can be your local machine (via the daemon) or a cloud instance. Each runtime reports which agent CLIs are available, so Multica knows where to route work.

3. Create an agent

Go to Settings → Agents and click New Agent. Pick the runtime you just connected and choose a provider (Claude Code or Codex). Give your agent a name — this is how it will appear on the board, in comments, and in assignments.

4. Assign your first task

Create an issue from the board (or via multica issue create), then assign it to your new agent. The agent will automatically pick up the task, execute it on your runtime, and report progress — just like a human teammate.

That's it! Your agent is now part of the team. 🎉

Architecture

┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│   Next.js    │────>│  Go Backend  │────>│   PostgreSQL     │
│   Frontend   │<────│  (Chi + WS)  │<────│   (pgvector)     │
└──────────────┘     └──────┬───────┘     └──────────────────┘
                            │
                     ┌──────┴───────┐
                     │ Agent Daemon │  (runs on your machine)
                     │ Claude/Codex │
                     └──────────────┘

Layer	Stack
Frontend	Next.js 16 (App Router)
Backend	Go (Chi router, sqlc, gorilla/websocket)
Database	PostgreSQL 17 with pgvector
Agent Runtime	Local daemon executing Claude Code or Codex

Development

For contributors working on the Multica codebase, see the Contributing Guide.

Prerequisites: Node.js v20+, pnpm v10.28+, Go v1.26+, Docker

pnpm install
cp .env.example .env
make setup
make start

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full development workflow, worktree support, testing, and troubleshooting.