Show HN: Widefleet – Open-source platform for agent-built apps and workflows

Widefleet launched as an open-source, self-hosted platform for deploying and operating agent-built apps and workflows, with the code available at github.com/widefleet/widefleet. The platform requires Linux x86-64, Docker Engine 29.8.1, Docker Compose 2.20.0 or newer, Bash, Git and an internet connection, with ports 25450, 25452 and 25453 available, and supports company SSO, app access groups, databases, file storage, network permissions, connectors, Cron, Queues and durable Workflows. Developers build apps in an independent SvelteKit project edited with their coding agent and deploy via the Widefleet CLI, which builds locally, creates the app on first deployment and prints its URL after activation.

Open-source, self-hosted platform for agent-built apps and workflows. Build internal tools with your coding agent and keep the app code in your own project. Widefleet gives your team a shared place to deploy and use them, with company login, databases, file storage and controlled access to your systems. Try it locally try-it-locally · Deploy your first app deploy-your-first-app · Self-host https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/installation · Documentation https://widefleet.com/docs The management workspace with synthetic example apps. - Build with your own tools. Start with an independent SvelteKit project, edit it with your coding agent and deploy through the CLI https://widefleet.com/docs/getting-started/installation . - Give colleagues access. Use company SSO, manage app access groups https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/app-access and make apps discoverable in the shared catalog. - Keep app data together. Declare databases, file storage and key-value bindings. Data survives code deployments; previews have their own resources. Runtime and storage https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/runtime . - Control system access. Grant specific external destinations through network permissions https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/network and expose IT-managed services through connectors https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/connectors . - Run background work. Use Cron, Queues and durable Workflows https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/workflows , including retries and waits for events. - Operate your apps. Publish previews https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/previews , inspect deployment history, roll back code and query app logs https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/runtime-logs from the CLI. Use Linux x86-64 , Docker Engine 29.8.1 , Docker Compose 2.20.0 or newer , Bash, Git and an internet connection. Rootless Docker is supported. Keep ports 25450 , 25452 and 25453 available. No local Node.js, pnpm, Rust, company identity provider or DNS setup is needed. git clone https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet.git cd widefleet ./dev up 1. Open http://localhost:25450 http://localhost:25450 , choose Sign in with Microsoft and select admin@example.test mailto:admin@example.test in the local identity provider. 2. Open Team Notes from management and sign in with the same account. 3. Add a note and a photo to try the app's database and private file storage. On the first visit, accept the local self-signed certificate exception for https://auth.apps.localhost:25453 https://auth.apps.localhost:25453 and https://team-notes.apps.localhost:25453 https://team-notes.apps.localhost:25453 . These hosts resolve to your machine; the demo does not install a system certificate. ./dev down Stop the demo and keep its data; run ./dev up to resume The demo uses synthetic identities and local-only credentials. See local development https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/blob/main/docs/development.md local-demo for rebuilding the example, inspecting logs and resetting demo data. For a company installation, follow self-hosting https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/installation . For an existing Widefleet installation, install the CLI https://widefleet.com/docs/getting-started/installation , Node.js 26 and pnpm 12.4.2. Create your app outside the platform checkout: widefleet init my-app cd my-app pnpm install --frozen-lockfile pnpm check export PLATFORM URL=https://platform.example.com widefleet login widefleet deploy Replace PLATFORM URL with your management URL and approve the device code in your browser. widefleet deploy builds locally, creates the app on its first deployment and prints its URL after activation. Later deployments update the same app. Use pnpm dev to develop locally with your coding agent. Run widefleet preview to publish an isolated preview, then widefleet deploy when ready. See the app development guide https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/app-development for identity, data bindings and migrations. php flowchart LR Project "Your app project" -- |"CLI: build and upload"| Management "Management UI and API" Agent "Deployment agent" -- |"Fetch deployment jobs"| Management Agent -- |"Install app versions"| Runtime "App runtime" Team "Your team" -- |"Company SSO"| Runtime Runtime -- Data "App databases and files" Runtime -- Systems "Approved systems and connectors" Management stores configuration and deployment jobs. The agent installs built code into a shared celld fleet, where apps and previews run as separate Dynamic Workers with their own resources. Published apps keep serving when management or the agent is stopped; the runtime, proxy, identity service and storage must remain available. See the architecture https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/blob/main/docs/architecture.md for the full deployment and authentication model. The reference installation runs on one Linux x86-64 Docker host. You operate identity configuration, DNS, certificates, backups and upgrades. Follow the installation guide https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/installation ; use external services https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/external-services for external PostgreSQL, cloud storage and automatic HTTPS. Widefleet is a platform for trusted company app creators. The included starter uses SvelteKit and the Workers runtime. Node.js compatibility is partial, app cookies are stripped by SSO, and automatic multi-node scaling is not implemented. See runtime limits https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/runtime compatibility-and-current-limits . This README describes the current source branch. Published releases can lag behind it; use matching CLI, management and agent builds and check each guide's version requirements. Workflows require a compatible agent and a runtime advertising Workflow support. See releases https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/releases and runtime updates https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/runtime versions-and-updates . The documentation website https://widefleet.com/docs is the home for app creators and installation operators. Repository documentation covers contributing to Widefleet itself: | Task | Guide | |---|---| | Build and deploy apps | CLI and app development https://widefleet.com/docs/getting-started/installation , previews https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/previews , migrations https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/migrations , Workflows https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/workflows | | Control access and integrations | App access https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/app-access , network permissions https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/network , connectors https://widefleet.com/docs/guides/connectors | | Install and operate Widefleet | Operations https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/installation , storage https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/storage , upgrades and recovery https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/installation upgrade-deliberately | | Inspect logs and reporting | App logs https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/runtime-logs , installation reporting and opt-out https://widefleet.com/docs/self-hosting/installation-reporting | | Understand the platform | Runtime https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/runtime , compatibility https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/runtime-compatibility , API and uploads https://widefleet.com/docs/reference/api | | Work on this repository | Contributor documentation https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/blob/main/docs/README.md , development and checks https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/blob/main/docs/development.md | Use GitHub Issues https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/issues for bugs, questions and feature requests. Include the relevant version and a minimal reproduction with synthetic data. For code changes, start with development and checks https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/blob/main/docs/development.md and follow the repository's contributor rules https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/blob/main/AGENTS.md . All current Widefleet functionality is available under the MIT license https://github.com/widefleet/widefleet/blob/main/LICENSE , including the platform, CLI and app starter. Third-party components retain their own licenses and notices.