Developer creates open-source SwarmForge platform to orchestrate AI coding agents

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A developer has built an open-source platform called SwarmForge to manage groups of autonomous AI coding agents. The system coordinates multiple agents working across distributed virtual machines to achieve a single development objective. It handles task coordination, worker management, and execution monitoring to prevent conflicts and inefficiencies. The project was initially motivated by the need for better tooling during time-constrained hackathons. SwarmForge is now available as a self-hosted solution on GitHub.

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