hyperhive

a swarm of claude-code agents, each in its own nspawn cage, gossiping over unix sockets. config changes flow as git commits, the operator approves them in a browser, every deploy is a tag. cyberpunk-themed dashboard included. 💜⚡

Claude code is great in one window, exponentielle across many — but only if you can keep the agents from stepping on each other, give them durable identity, and stop them from eating production. hyperhive is the substrate.

• identity = unix socket
• communication = sqlite-backed broker (send / recv / ask / answer / remind)
• config = git (manager proposes, operator approves, deploys land as tagged commits)
• blast radius = container

host (NixOS, runs hive-c0re.service)
│
├── operator
│   ├── browser → :7000               hive-c0re dashboard
│   ├── browser → :8000 / :8100-8999  per-agent web UIs
│   └── CLI     → /run/hyperhive/host.sock   admin protocol
│
├── hive-c0re  (Rust daemon: lifecycle / broker / approvals /
│               auto-update / dashboard / sockets)
│
└── nixos-containers
    ├── hm1nd      manager agent (privileged MCP surface)
    └── h-<name>   sub-agent (vanilla MCP surface + per-agent extras)

Depth lives in docs/ — pick the one matching your task:

reading path	doc
dashboard layout + endpoints	docs/web-ui.md
claude turn loop + MCP tools	docs/turn-loop.md
config-edit + approval state machine	docs/approvals.md
what survives destroy / purge / restart	docs/persistence.md
naming, wire protocol, commit style	docs/conventions.md
NixOS / nspawn gotchas	docs/gotchas.md

Host config

Minimal flake.nix for a host that runs hive-c0re:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
    hyperhive.url = "git+https://git.berlin.ccc.de/vinzenz/hyperhive";
  };

  outputs = { nixpkgs, hyperhive, ... }: {
    nixosConfigurations.my-host = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      modules = [
        hyperhive.nixosModules.hive-c0re
        ({ ... }: {
          services.hive-c0re.enable = true;
          # services.hive-c0re.operatorPronouns = "they/them";  # default: "she/her"

          # ... rest of your host config
          system.stateVersion = "25.11";
        })
      ];
    };
  };
}

hive-c0re opens its admin socket + dashboard, auto-creates the manager container, and auto-rebuilds any container whose hyperhive rev goes stale. claude-code is unfree — hyperhive scopes the whitelist to itself, nothing for the operator to set.

Build / deploy

nix develop -c cargo check
nix flake check        # rust + nix + toml fmt + clippy

# deploy from a host config that imports hyperhive.nixosModules.hive-c0re
nix flake update --update-input hyperhive
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#<host>