chadbyte/clay

<p align="center"> <img src="lib/public/icon-192.png" width="120" alt="Clay Studio symbol" /><br> <img src="lib/public/clay-studio-wordmark.svg" width="280" alt="Clay Studio" /> </p> <h2 align="center">Where minds work together.</h2> <p align="center"> A self-hosted workspace where people and coding agents work together<br> across projects, sessions, and providers. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/clay-server"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/clay-server" alt="npm version" /></a> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/clay-server"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/clay-server" alt="npm downloads" /></a> <a href="https://github.com/chadbyte/clay"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/chadbyte/clay" alt="GitHub stars" /></a> <a href="https://github.com/chadbyte/clay/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg" alt="License: MIT" /></a> </p>

Clay Studio turns local coding agents into a shared, persistent team. Run different agents from one browser workspace, join a teammate's live session, keep project knowledge between conversations, and automate work without handing your workspace to another cloud.

Quick start

Requirements: Node.js 20+ and at least one supported coding-agent CLI installed and authenticated.

npx clay-server
# Open the URL or scan the QR code from another device

Clay Studio runs on your machine and serves the workspace to your browser. For access outside your local network, use a private network such as Tailscale.

Why Clay Studio

Work together

Projects, sessions, people, and agents share one workspace. Teammates can see live activity, enter the same session, hand off work, and respond to permission requests without gathering around one terminal.

Keep the context

Sessions do not have to be disposable chats. Mates retain their roles and knowledge, project instructions carry across supported runtimes, and decisi