# google/ax

> A declarative orchestrator for running autonomous AI agent workloads in a cluster, using a Kubernetes-like model with Task, Workspace, Gateway, and Model manifests. It sandboxes agents, pre-wires their environment, and restricts network access.

- Magnitude: 9.4 out of 10 — Breakout
- Stars: 6,799 total · +395 stars today, ≈ 1,158 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: AI agents · Language: Go · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2026-03-30 · Last push: 2026-09-20
- GitHub: https://github.com/google/ax · Homepage: https://agentexecutor.io · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/google/ax

## Useful for

- Launch an agentic task with a sandboxed workspace and pre-cloned Git repo via ax apply
- Restrict an agent's outbound traffic to an explicit host allowlist with a Gateway manifest
- Shell into a running agent with ax ssh to inspect or debug it

## Why it’s here

- 395 stars so far today, about 1,158 expected by the end of the day. The usual pace is 2 per day, so that's 501× as much.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 3 per day.
- The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
- GitHub Trending today: #5, +2,324 stars.
- GitHub Trending Go today: #2, +2,324 stars.
- Hacker News: “AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator” — 647 points, 1 day ago.
- About 113 forks a day — people are taking the code.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @dorucioclea (311 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 322
- Issues and pull requests: 357
- Watchers: 32
- Average over the last week: 799 per day
- Usual pace: 2 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 85
- Latest release: v0.3.0 (2026-09-20)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-08-24 … 2026-09-22: 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1, 9, 1889, 2530, 395

## Hacker News

- AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator — 647 points, 295 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49780797
- Google/ax: Google's open agentic orchestrator — 6 points, 0 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49773389
- Google's Open Agentic Orchestrator — 5 points, 1 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776183

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending today: #5, +2,324 stars
- GitHub Trending Go today: #2, +2,324 stars

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