A self-hosted control plane for AI agents, deployed with Helm to your Kubernetes cluster, with PostgreSQL and LiteLLM. Agents are defined in Markdown bundles, connected to services such as Jira, GitHub and Gmail, and reached from Slack, Teams and Telegram. The site states no price or license. Note before using it: the agents hold credentials to your internal systems and act on their own, so checking their work stays with your team.
| Category | AI agent framework |
| Type | Agent control plane (self-hosted) |
| License | Not stated on the site |
| Runs locally | Yes |
| Built with | Not stated on the site |
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Best for | for ops teams running supervised agents on a Kubernetes cluster they operate |
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Yes. Agent Barn is designed to run on your own machine or server, keeping your data private.
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