Linchpin
Open-source, self-hostable runtime for managed AI agents
Linchpin launched on May 13, 2026 with 74 votes, #534 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Linchpin is an open-source, self-hostable runtime for managed AI agents. Apache-2.0. One `docker compose up` and you get a full agent platform — REST + SSE API, per-session Docker sandbox, MCP tools, encrypted vaults. Bring any cloud model via OpenRouter, or local via Ollama.
Linchpin is an open-source, self-hostable runtime for AI agents. Persistent memory, packaged skills, multimodal input, multi-agent threads, goal-driven outcomes — bring any cloud model via OpenRouter, or local via Ollama. One docker compose up.
A self-hostable runtime for AI agents. Persistent memory, packaged skills, multimodal input, multi-agent coordinator/worker threads, goal-driven outcomes — bring any cloud model via OpenRouter, or local via Ollama. Spin up the full stack with docker compose up . OpenRouter routes to ~200 cloud models — Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen. Ollama runs anything you've pulled locally. Switch providers per agent. Every session gets its own Docker container — Python, Node, git, ripgrep preinstalled. Networking is per-environment: none for tight, unrestricted for open egress. bash · read · write · edit · glob · grep · web_fetch · web_search . They run inside the container the…from linchpin.work
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