The Hive (hivelab.ca), overnight agents on your own machine

How it compares, including where others are better

We make the Hive, so read this with that in mind. Every outside fact has a link, and all were checked on 5 November 2026. These tools change quickly, so check anything that matters to you.

Claude Code on its own

For one task in one repo that you're watching, use Claude Code. The Hive runs Claude Code, so this isn't either/or; the difference is what persists and who owns it. If you want the work to go on with your laptop shut and no server to look after, or you mostly want to review code changes, Claude Code alone is probably the better choice.

	Claude Code on its own	The Hive
You close the terminal	Keeps going with `claude --bg`, under a local supervisor. Agent view	Keeps going: agents run as services.
Your laptop is off	Keeps going, with cloud sessions and routines. Cloud needs a claude.ai login. Routines, web	Stops. The machine has to stay on and awake. A small server gets round it.
Stopped by a usage limit	Not something we've tested.	An agent usually resumes by itself after the reset.
Stalled work	You check on it, or write a routine.	A run that goes quiet is restarted. Keep work moving, off by default because it uses your limits, also picks up stalled work every 3 hours.
What's still owed	You keep track.	Every ask stays on a list until someone delivers it.
Agents talking	Agent teams are experimental and off by default. There's also cross-session messaging. Agent teams, messaging	On from the start: one shared place, call an agent by name, it wakes with its memory.
Reviewing code changes	Better: a worktree per session, diffs, linked and draft pull requests. Agent view	No per-agent worktree or diff view. You read commits and reports.
From a phone	Remote Control, first-party. Changelog	The web app works on a phone. Reaching it from outside takes some setup.
Spending cap per run	Yes, in print mode: `--max-budget-usd`, `--max-turns`. CLI reference	No. On a subscription it stops starting agents at 95% of your weekly limit, and you can set Agents at once. With an API key it can't see spending.
Sandbox	Off by default, same bubblewrap layer. Sandboxing	On by default on Linux. Neither stops an agent sending what it can read. Limits
Claude and Codex together	Claude Code runs Claude.	One team can use both.
Work other than code	A general tool: bring your own.	Extras for circuit boards and chips, and agents make films, research notes and sites.
Maturity	Anthropic's own product, 154,579 GitHub stars.	New and small: first release of this version 22 October 2026, 0 stars.

Other tools

What we can say briefly and with a source. If one of these fits better, use it.

Tool	Where it runs	Choose it if
OpenAI Codex	On your machine, on a ChatGPT plan or API key	You want OpenAI's models and to drive one agent yourself. The Hive can run Codex too.
Devin	A cloud machine	You want hosted, with nothing to keep on. Free, Pro $20, Max $200 and Teams plans.
OpenHands	Docker, one container per conversation	You want any language model and container isolation.
Cline	Your editor, with cloud sessions since October	You want an agent beside your code in the editor.
claude-squad	Your machine, a worktree per task	You want to run several sessions yourself and review each diff. AGPL.
oh-my-claudecode	Inside Claude Code	You want more agents inside your own sessions, and a much larger community.
Goose	Your machine	You want any provider. Apache-2.0.
Omnara	Hosted or self-hosted	You want durable resume and scheduled runs around your agents.
Cursor cloud agents	Cursor's cloud	You already use Cursor and want runs from a schedule or a webhook.
Amp	Hosted, or self-hosted orbs	You want a managed agent product that can also use a Claude plan.
moyai	See its repo	It's the closest pitch to ours we've found. Read it as well.

Install the Hive, or read the hard questions first.