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heym

Active·★ 1.3k·NOASSERTION·Updated 2026-10-21

Heym describes itself as an AI-native workflow automation platform: you build, visualize and run workflows on a drag-and-drop canvas (Vue Flow, 30+ node types) without writing code, then deploy through Docker. Its stated difference is that AI is the execution model rather than a layer added to trigger-action automation. The stack is Python with FastAPI on the backend and Vue with TypeScript on the front end.

The capability list includes an LLM node and a full Agent node (tool calling, MCP connections, skills, Python tools, optional persistent memory), multi-agent orchestration where one agent calls named sub-agents and sub-workflows in parallel, human-in-the-loop pauses for approval, guardrails such as content filtering, built-in RAG with vector stores, an AI assistant that generates and wires nodes from a natural-language prompt, and an AI skill builder that previews the generated `SKILL.md`. The README also says execution history, global variables, observability and team controls ship in the free self-hostable product rather than behind an enterprise tier.

Start with `git clone`, copy `.env.example` to `.env` and run `./run.sh`. The license is important: Heym uses the Commons Clause on top of the MIT License, which the README itself calls source-available rather than OSI open source. You may use, modify and self-host it, but not sell it or offer it as a paid service; commercial licensing is available. It was last pushed on 2026-10-12. This review is based on the README and repository data; we have not run it ourselves.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool. Data as of 2026-10-20.

License
Not detected by GitHub
Latest release
v0.0.134 · 2026-10-20
Last commit
2026-10-20
Contributors
31
Forks
97
Open issues and PRs
10
First published
2026-03-28

Source: GitHub, npm and PyPI public APIs.

#ai#ai-agents#ai-agents-framework#ai-assistant#automation#automation-tool#human-in-the-loop#mcp
$ Install
$ git clone https://github.com/heymrun/heym.git && cd heym && cp .env.example .env && ./run.sh
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Visual workflow editor with 30+ node types
02AI Assistant that generates workflows from natural language
03Multi-agent orchestration with parallel sub-agents
04Built-in RAG pipeline with Qdrant vector store
05MCP support for both client and server
02

Why choose it

+Visual canvas with 30+ node types, LLM and Agent nodes, MCP connections and skills
+Multi-agent orchestration with parallel sub-agents, human-in-the-loop approval and guardrails
+Built-in RAG and an AI assistant that builds workflows from a prompt
+Execution history, observability and team controls are in the free self-hosted product, per the README; Docker deployment; last push 2026-10-12
03

Trade-offs

!Not OSI open source: MIT plus the Commons Clause forbids selling it or offering it as a paid service
!Self-hosting means running a Python backend, Vue front end and database stack yourself
!Most claims in the README are the project's own, with no benchmarks or independent comparisons
04

Maintenance check

ActiveChecked: 2026-10-18
Last commit
2026-10-18
Commits, last 90 days
100+
Releases, last 90 days
30
Latest release
v0.0.132 (2026-10-18)
Open issues
7
Recent issues with at least one comment
5/9
Commits per week, last 12 weeks
Commits per week, last 12 weeks: 14, 27, 26, 24, 24, 9, 5, 31, 33, 47, 20, 10

Oldest week on the left; the latest four weeks are orange. Source: GitHub commit activity.

Status rule: archived on GitHub = Archived; last commit within 90 days = Active; 91 to 365 days = Slowing; older = Stale. All figures come from the GitHub API on the date shown.

Most discussed open issues

  • #744 GitHub node: support fetching more than 100 items1 comments · 2026-10-16
  • #728 Data key named `length` is shadowed by dict size; keys named like dict methods (update, get, copy, pop, clear) resolve to null1 comments · 2026-10-10
  • #723 [feature] Jira Data Center/Server credential: support Personal Access Token (Bearer) auth1 comments · 2026-10-07
  • #765 Text containing a tiktoken special-token string (e.g. "<|endoftext|>") fails the whole embedding call0 comments · 2026-10-18
  • #764 _clean_pdf_text splits ordinary words and fuses adjacent numbers on most English-language text PDFs0 comments · 2026-10-18

Issue titles are quoted from GitHub. Open the link to check whether a problem still applies to the version you use.

05

Compatibility

Python
Python 3.11+
Verified via docs
FastAPI
FastAPI 0.100+
Verified via docs
Vue.js
Vue.js 3.x
Verified via docs
TypeScript
TypeScript Strict
Verified via docs
Bun
Bun runtime
Verified via docs
Docker
Docker ready
Verified via docs
06

Quick start

1
$ git clone https://github.com/heymrun/heym.git
2
$ cd heym
3
$ cp .env.example .env
4
$ ./run.sh
07

Use cases

↳Build intelligent AI workflows for automation without coding
↳Create multi-agent systems for complex task decomposition
↳Deploy customer-facing chatbots with retrieval-augmented generation
08

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Source-available AI workflow platform with a visual canvas, agent and RAG nodes, MCP support and multi-agent orchestration

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