humanlayer
Agent Frameworks · Free + paid
SDK for injecting human approval gates into agent loops
At a glance
- Made by
- HumanLayer
- Korean
- None (English and a few others only)
- API
- Yes
- Available on
- Web, Mac, Windows
- GitHub
- 11,692 stars · NOASSERTION
What is humanlayer?
HumanLayer is a multiplayer coding agent IDE and cloud that you can use anywhere, running background agents starting from your work PC. It gathers agent sessions, planning artifacts, and code diffs in one place so teams can collaborate. A local daemon runs multiple agent sessions in parallel on your laptop, long-running tasks run on a cloud daemon, and everything syncs through the HumanLayer API. It offers a six-step workflow (QRSPI: question, research, design, structure, plan, implement) and comment-based review of design documents. It is announced that most of the existing code in the GitHub repository has been deprecated.
- Task-level collaboration that ties together agent sessions, artifacts, and worktrees
- Version control and sharing of research, design, plan, and mockup artifacts
- People and agents review together through inline comments on design documents
- Six-step QRSPI workflow: question → research → design → structure → plan → implement
- Local daemon parallel sessions + cloud daemon
- Same UI on web, desktop, and phone
- Command palette that invokes every action with shortcuts
Who uses humanlayer and for what
- Development teams design and implement work on large (millions of lines) codebases together with coding agents
- Run long-running agent tasks in the cloud even after you close your laptop
Pricing
Open source (free)
Mostly distributed free under open-source licenses; the cost of the LLM API you connect to is separate
Estimate based on AI knowledge - please verify on the official site
AI tools similar to humanlayer (alternatives)
humanlayer vs. alternatives at a glance
| AI | Pricing | Combos on the map | Connected tools | Free | Cheapest monthly | Korean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| humanlayer | Free + paid | 0 | 5 | — | — | No |
| AgentForge | Free + paid | 0 | 24 | — | — | — |
| agentscope | Free + paid | 0 | 24 | — | — | No |
| antfarm | Free + paid | 0 | 24 | — | — | No |
| ChatDev | Free + paid | 0 | 24 | — | — | No |
0 of these 5 tools have a free plan.
Combo and connection counts are based on the relationships recorded on AI Galaxy Map (2026-10-26); they are not a quality ranking.
humanlayer on AI Galaxy Map
- One of 36 AI tools in the Agent Frameworks field.
- Connected to 5 other tools — #11 in its field.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use humanlayer for free?
Open source (free). Prices can change, so check the official site before paying.
What AI can I use instead of humanlayer?
Tools that do the same job, such as AgentForge, agentscope, antfarm, ChatDev, are connected to it on the map.
Can I use humanlayer in Korean?
None (English and a few others only)
Sources (official pages)
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying.