ChatDev
Description
🖼️ Tool Name:
ChatDev
🔖 Tool Category:
Programming & Development — it falls under the category of AI-powered software engineering agents using multi-agent collaboration.
✏️ What does this tool offer?
ChatDev is a simulation framework where multiple AI agents collaborate as a virtual software company to design, develop, test, and document software projects from scratch. Each agent takes on a distinct role (e.g., CEO, CTO, Developer, Tester, etc.), and they communicate through structured messages to complete software development workflows. The system uses LLMs (like GPT) to model each role and drive the decision-making and code generation process.
⭐ What does the tool actually deliver based on user experience?
• Fully simulates a collaborative software development process using LLMs
• Roles like product manager, developer, reviewer, tester work in a sequence
• Generates real code (Python, web apps, etc.) based on user-defined prompts
• Produces documentation, test cases, and revision history automatically
• Reproducible and modular — users can extend the agent types or tasks
• Highly rated for educational and prototyping use
🤖 Does it include automation?
Yes — ChatDev automates the end-to-end software engineering cycle:
• Automatically assigns roles to agents
• Manages multi-step communication between AI agents
• Generates code, tests, documentation, and feedback
• Executes iterations and bug-fixing autonomously
💰 Pricing Model:
Fully open-source — No cost to use
🆓 Free Plan Details:
• Free to use under the Apache 2.0 license
• Includes all modules: simulation engine, role definitions, examples, and CLI
• No login, subscription, or cloud dependency required
💳 Paid Plan Details:
• None — no commercial version or subscription required
🧭 Access Method:
• Available on GitHub
• Run locally using Python and compatible with OpenAI API or other LLM endpoints
• Requires access to language models via API (e.g., OpenAI, HuggingFace, etc.)
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