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Friday

Open-source MIT-licensed harness to coordinate multiple coding agents as a unified team.

Pricing

$0/mo

Free
Score

4.6/5

License
MIT
Certifications
1
Last technical review
2026-11-05
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Technical Overview

Friday is an open-source, MIT-licensed harness for coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and others. It enables multiple agents to split complex tasks into a shared board, communicate with each other, and perform automatic handoffs when hitting usage limits. It runs locally on the user's machine without requiring any accounts or registration.

Analyst Evaluation: Pros and Limitations

Verified Advantages

  • Open-source MIT license with no hidden costs.
  • Local execution preserves code privacy.
  • Native coordination across multiple agents and platforms.

Technical Considerations

  • Requires local setup and desktop application installation.
  • Depends on the individual usage plans of each integrated agent.

Technical Capabilities & Features

3/7
Included:REST & GraphQL API
Not available:SSO / SAML Authentication
Included:Self-Hosted Option
Included:Full Data Export
Not available:Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Not available:Custom Domains & SSL
Not available:Immutable Audit Logs
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Technical Scorecard: Friday

90/100
DX & Tech Documentation
Excellent
90/100
Pricing Fairness
Excellent
100/100
Security & Governance
Excellent
85/100
Data Portability & Sovereignty
Excellent
90/100
Performance & Reliability
Excellent
85/100

Time to Value & Fit by Segment: Friday

Estimated Time-to-Value< 1 hour (Immediate)

Near-instantaneous deployment with minimal technical friction.

Learning CurveModerate (Standard)

Requires consulting technical documentation and basic credentials setup.

Fit Index by Organization Size

Startup & Agile Teams1 to 50 members
90%
Mid-Market & Scaleup50 to 500 members
80%
Corporate Enterprise500+ members
60%
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Pricing

$0.00/mo

Model: FREE.

Available plans:

  • Open Source$0/mo

Free Tier Verification:

  • No credit card required
  • Commercial use allowed
  • Unlimited usage with no expiration
  • No mandatory watermarks
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Billing Risks & Hidden Clauses: Friday

Free Tier Limits:

Free and open-source under the MIT license with no usage limits.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Projection: Friday$0.00/mo
Deterministic cost estimation at 12 and 36 months based on team size, including SSO tax premiums and annual prepay discounts.
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Licensing Cost (1 to 100+ seats)
$0/forever
Unlimited team members with zero penalties
SSO Tax (SAML Enterprise)
$0no surcharge
No artificial security barriers
3-Year Investment (Software TCO)
$0total
operates under a zero-cost or open-source model. Licensing TCO is identical:
Usage Surcharges & Bill Shock Simulator: FridayWhat usage costs as you scale
Detect overage penalties before they impact engineering budget.
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Prototype / MVP (10 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 10 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Suitable for development; verify concurrent connection limits.

Base Production (50 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 50 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Implement table compression policies and temporal partitioning.

Active Growth (250 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 250 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Offload cold backups to standard object storage (S3).

Large Scale (1.000 GB (1 TB))

Included base quota in plan: 1,000 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Migrate to dedicated instance or self-hosted cluster to curtail I/O fees.

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Compliance & Security Standards: Friday

SOC 2 Type IINot reported
ISO 27001Not reported
GDPR / RGPDAudited
HIPAANot reported
PCI-DSSNot reported
Jurisdiction & Legal Sovereignty
🇺🇸United States [US]Immune to US CLOUD Act (EU Sovereign)DPA On Request
SSO Availability (SAML Enterprise)
No SSO Documented
Data Residency
SELF_HOSTED
AI Privacy Policy
Zero customer data retention
Data Liberation & Migration Runbook: FridayJSON · MARKDOWN
Actionable escape runbook and credential export guarantees to mitigate vendor lock-in.
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Supported Structured Export Formats
JSONMARKDOWN
Password Hash Portability
Exportable Hashes (Bcrypt / Argon2): Zero Forced Retention

Allows extracting password hashes in standard formats to migrate without forcing user resets.

CLI Command / Rescue Endpoint
git clone
Exit Protocol & Migration Notes

Being a local desktop tool with open-source files, data export is native to local git repositories.

Deployment & Infrastructure Requirements: FridayMIT
Hardware specs and Docker directives to run on local servers, dedicated VPS, or Kubernetes without telemetry leak to the cloud.
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Minimum Memory1 GB RAM (Recommended)
Compute CPU1 vCPU
Runtime / LanguageTypeScript
Code LicenseMIT
Docker CLI Directive
docker run -d --name friday -p 8080:8080 friday:latest
Companion Services & Dependencies:
PostgreSQL 15+Redis 7+
Community & Repository
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Technical Reputation of Friday

85/100 Technical Trust

Frequent Praises in Production

  • Open-source MIT license with no hidden costs.
  • Local execution preserves code privacy.
  • Native coordination across multiple agents and platforms.

Reported Production Frictions

  • Requires local setup and desktop application installation.
  • Depends on the individual usage plans of each integrated agent.
Commercial Treatment & Vendor Lock-in:1-Click Cancellation

Immediate cancellation from account settings without phone calls or forced retention.

Open source repository activity: Friday22
Stars, forks and release cadence
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Stars22
Forks3
Open Issues7
SPDX LicenseMIT
Latest Commit DetectedNov 2, 2026

Frequently Asked Technical Questions (Friday)

What is Friday and how does it work?

Friday is an open-source harness that connects multiple coding agents to work collaboratively, splitting tasks and handing off subtasks automatically.

Is an account required to use the application?

No, Friday runs completely locally on your machine without requiring account creation or sending credentials to external servers.

Which coding agents are supported?

It supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Devin CLI, and other tools based on ACP protocols.

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