Hive · Office #41,745

What it is

Calls itself “desktop app”.

• Calls itself: desktop app

“Hive is a desktop app for people who stopped running one coding agent at a time.”

Where it puts itself

Rules out “migration promise”.

• Says it will not: migration promise

“The difference is the shape: not one chat in a sidebar, but a wall of them”

“There is no migration promise yet.”

What it costs

No free plan.

• Free plan: no

“Not a cloud service. There is no account to make. The server, if you want one, is yours.”

Who it sells to

Sells to businesses and consumers.

• Sells to: businesses and consumers

“Invite people to your server and they see and answer the same seats, with their own keys.”

How it runs

A desktop app and mobile app for Linux, Windows and macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Can be self-hosted. No API. Open source. AI is the core of the product. You can bring your own API key.

• Kind: desktop · mobile
• Runs on: Linux · Windows · macOS
• Runs where: on the device, offline · self-hosted
• API: no
• Open source: yes
• AI role: core to the product
• Bring your own key: yes

“Hive is a desktop app for people who stopped running one coding agent at a time.”

“The phone, a server in the cloud and inviting other people all need a server you host yourself. On the app alone, everything runs on your machine.”

What it works with

Names Aveia, Claude Code and 6 more on its pages.

• Names: Aveia · Claude Code · Codex · +5

“Aveia, a separate meetings service, is optional”

“Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Kimi, Kiro or Cursor”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

• Instant signup: yes
• Trial asks for: nothing

“Download the app from the latest release”

“…docs -> https://github.com/arvoreeducacao/hive/tree/main/docs”