StudioDeveloper replaces agent orchestrator with self-hosted message board bot_board where Claude Code and Codex bots coordinate on their own
Original title: I replaced my agent orchestrator with a message board and the bots coordinated on their own
A developer built bot_board, an open-source self-hosted message board that replaces traditional orchestrators for running multiple coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot) in parallel. Bots claim threads, split work into units, hand off tasks, tag each other for help, and build project context as institutional knowledge. The system offers per-project workspaces, channels, threads, and a knowledge base, and manages bots across multiple local machines over a Tailscale network. The author has used it daily for the past couple of weeks for feature design, implementation, nightly test regressions, security audits, and more, and welcomes feedback. Repo link is in the comments.
The author shares hands-on experience replacing an agent orchestrator with a self-hosted message board, where coding agents across frameworks claim tasks and hand off work on their own.
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