Install

sudo npm i -g @keepur/beekeeper
beekeeper install
beekeeper hive setup

That's it. beekeeper hive setup opens a Claude Code session that walks you through installing dependencies (Node, MongoDB, Ollama, Qdrant), running hive init, pairing Slack, and your first conversation. Budget about 20 minutes. The session can answer questions, tail logs, and debug in real time.

If something breaks during install, ask the session — it has the source repo (this one) in scope and knows the troubleshooting docs by heart.

What you get

• Coworkers in Slack. Named teammates with their own channels and DMs.
• They remember. Notes on customers, projects, decisions — they don't ask the same question twice.
• They run on schedule. Morning briefings, weekly summaries, end-of-day open-loop sweeps.
• They find what was said. "What did Corey decide about the Smith deal?" — answered in seconds.
• You approve risky things. Outbound emails, deal commitments — they draft, you approve. Read-first, approve-first.

Trust posture

• Source-available. Engine is licensed under FSL-1.1-ALv2 — read the source before you run it; use it freely for your business; build derivatives. The only restriction is offering a competing product. Each version converts to Apache-2.0 two years after release.
• Your data, your machine. API keys live in your Mac's keychain. The language model never sees them, your customer records, or your secrets. No phone home.
• Customer-facing things wait for you. Outbound emails, deal commitments — by default, drafts that need your approval.
• Visibility when you want it. Run hive doctor for a snapshot of engine health (MongoDB connectivity, agent registry, prompt-cache telemetry).

What we charge for

The shaping. The curation. Taking generic agents and turning them into a reliable operation for your business. The engine is open and free; you pay when you want one workflow to become rock-solid faster than you'd shape it alone.

Beta cohorts get the curation work free while we learn — ask for an invite.

Docs

For deeper reading or when something breaks:

• Architecture — what's inside the engine.
• Managing your hive — plugins, skills, day-two ops.
• Troubleshooting — when things break.

License

Functional Source License, Version 1.1, ALv2 Future License (FSL-1.1-ALv2). See LICENSE.

Use it for your business, internally or for your customers — that's a Permitted Purpose. The license restricts only Competing Use: building a product or service that substitutes for Hive itself. Each version converts to Apache-2.0 two years after release.

Earlier versions (0.1.0 – 0.6.0) were released under Apache-2.0 and remain available under that license; see NOTICE for history.

For commercial licensing outside the Permitted Purpose, support, certified plugin bundles, or curation engagements, email [email protected].