Got tired of duct-taping access control into agent prompts. Here's the fix
Cast is an open-source framework designed for multi-user, multi-agent systems, addressing the limitations of current agent frameworks. It allows teams or households to share the same setup while managing identity and access control effectively. The developer alpha version is available for installation and includes features for building and coordinating agents.
- ▪Cast is a self-hosted, open-source harness for multi-user, multi-agent systems.
- ▪It requires a container runtime and Node 20+, along with a Claude credential for operation.
- ▪The framework allows users to build agents using plain English descriptions and provides a dashboard for management.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/yaodub/cast |
| Publication time | Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:04:37 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-03T13:12:07.669Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-03T13:12:07.669Z |
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cast Your agent team, on your machine. developer alpha · MIT · getcast.dev Cast is an open-source harness for multi-user, multi-agent systems. Self-hosted, MIT, runs on a Mac Mini. Agent frameworks today assume one developer talking to one agent. That holds up until a team or a household wants to share the same setup. Then the architecture won't bend. Identity, who's allowed to reach what, agents coordinating with each other: bolted on afterward, if at all. Cast is the harness that should have been underneath. Run it git clone https://github.com/yaodub/cast.git cd cast npm i -g pnpm pnpm start pnpm start installs, builds, builds the agent container image (~2 min the first time), and boots the server.
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