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AI · May 13, 2026

Linchpin

Open-source, self-hostable runtime for managed AI agents

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.

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