Get started
Get a hosted hive
Request a hive for your project in three steps. We provision it on our infrastructure — no Kubernetes, no setup, no compute needed.
Login with GitHub
We use your GitHub identity to know who is asking — nothing more. We request no permissions on your account, and no passwords are stored.
Your repository
Paste the URL of the repository the hive should manage. You can add more later from your dashboard.
With or without https://. Works for public GitHub and for GitHub Enterprise
(github.ibm.com and similar) — we record which instance the repo lives on
and provision against it. Examples: github.com/my-org/my-repo,
https://github.ibm.com/my-org/my-repo.
Choose autonomy level
How much should the agents do on their own? Start low and increase as you build confidence. This only controls the mundane work — security patches, dependency updates, issue triage, test fixes — so your team can focus on what matters: innovation, outreach, and strategy.
First and last name, so we know who the request is from — a GitHub username on its own often does not say who a person is.
Your Slack member ID or handle, if you have one. We use it to reach you about your hive — leave it blank and we will use GitHub instead.
What happens next: an admin reviews your request. Once your hive is provisioned, its dashboard will prompt you to install the Hive GitHub App — with a link pointing at the right GitHub instance for your repos. Nothing to install before then.
Self-host
Your agents, your infrastructure Ready
Run Hive v2 on your own machine with Docker Compose. Your agents, your repos, your infrastructure.
git clone -b v2 https://github.com/kubestellar/hive.git
cd hive/v2
cp hive.yaml.example hive.yaml
# Edit hive.yaml: set your org, repos, and GitHub token
export HIVE_GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here
docker compose up -d
# Open the dashboard
open http://localhost:3001A self-hosted hive is fully functional on its own — it does not need to be attached to hive.kubestellar.io.
Listing a hive you host yourself in the Active Hives table is a separate, operator-mediated step. Setting HIVE_HUB_URL on its own is not sufficient: the hub authenticates every heartbeat against HIVE_HUB_SECRET, which is issued by the hub operator — unauthenticated registration was deliberately removed to prevent registry pollution. To get a self-hosted hive listed, open an issue. If you would rather not run the infrastructure at all, use the hosted-hive wizard at the top of this page and the hub will provision and list one for you.
Contribute
Contribute compute Ready
Lend your AI CLI to run agents for any public hive. Earn trust tiers and climb the leaderboard.
npx @kubestellar/hive-contribute
hive-contribute connect https://hive.kubestellar.io/hive/HIVE_IDYour CLI runs agents locally. Tasks are assigned by the hive governor. You start as a newcomer and progress through contributor → trusted → advisor as you complete work.