Druids
Shares rank 14 of 26 agent orchestrators by recommenders
Free software for coordinating and deploying coding agents across machines, built around a shared event log; commenters find the project thoughtful and well designed.
Free software for coordinating and deploying coding agents across machines, built around a shared event log; commenters find the project thoughtful and well designed.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Appreciated multi-agent coordination approach
“huge fan! multi-agent systems are inherently distributed systems”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Druids – coordinate and deploy coding agents across machines” “I love the idea of using a shared event log for coordination.”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Druids – Build your own software factory”
Other agent orchestrators people recommend
The four most recommended other agent orchestrators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas Town | 95 | 212 | 31% | 10 | 1 mo3 owners | — |
| Conductor | 58 | 25 | 70% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Superset | 33 | 16 | 67% | 8 | 2 mo4 owners | Approved |
| Scion by Google | 28 | 32 | 47% | 8 | — | — |
| DruidsThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Druid looks very cool and thought-through.”
“learned a lot from your project”
“yikes does the code snippet seem like a textbook example of primitive obsession”
“I love the idea of using a shared event log for coordination.”
“huge fan! multi-agent systems are inherently distributed systems”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.