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ChatDev

Communicative software development agents — 34.5K stars, Apache 2.0.

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About

ChatDev (34,499 GitHub stars, Apache-2.0) is OpenBMB's communicative software-development framework: virtual roles (CEO, CTO, programmer, reviewer) collaborate through chat to build software end-to-end — the "software company in a box" concept.

Pushed July 2026 (reasonably maintained). The role-based dev-team simulation was influential and the star count reflects real interest. For research on collaborative coding agents and multi-role software generation, ChatDev is a key reference; for production coding, use agentic harnesses (Claude Code, Qwen Code) or maintained frameworks.

What it can do

  • • Virtual software-company roles\n• Chat-chain collaborative development\n• End-to-end software generation\n• Configurable role phases\n• Research reference for collaborative coding

Setup

  1. Clone: git clone https://github.com/OpenBMB/ChatDev.\n2. Install and set OPENAI_API_KEY.\n3. Run: python run.py --task 'your software idea'.\nSee the GitHub README for role configuration.

Prerequisites

Python ≥ 3.9; an OpenAI API key.

Use cases

agent-developmentcoding-agentsmulti-agent-systemsai-agentsresearch

Works with

Any agent (.md)Generic APIcustomClaude Code

Trust score — 8/10

/10 trustVerified

Scored 8/10 (verified tier). 34.5K stars, Apache-2.0, and genuinely influential on collaborative coding agents. Docked two points: (1) research concept — not a production coding tool; (2) maintenance is sporadic. For collaborative-coding research.

★ 34,499 GitHub stars

How the trust score is built

Full methodology →
Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
8.5/10
Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
7.7/10
Openness · license + docs
9.1/10
Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
7.0/10
  • · 34,499 GitHub stars (log-scaled vs catalog peers)
  • · last push 81d ago; 3 releases/12mo; 82 open issues
  • · manual review: influential on collaborative coding; research concept; OpenAI-centric; sporadic maintenance; license: Apache-2.0

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