Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open

	Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open(herdr.dev)
	274 points by collinmanderson 15 days ago \| 184 comments
	tl;dr: Herdr, a solo-built terminal runtime for managing CLI coding agents (25k stars, 340k downloads), is joining Y Combinator's F26 batch. The open-source runtime stays free under Apache-2.0 (recently switched from AGPL), while the founder plans to build a small team and monetize by adding features like connecting agents across multiple machines (laptops, VPSs, sandboxes). The core will remain lean, with functionality extended via plugins.
	HN Discussion: ~Congratulations on funding but the multi-agent terminal space is oversaturated with competitors ↓Concern that YC funding will lead to abandoning open source commitments despite promises •Curious/skeptical about the stated reasoning for switching from AGPL to Apache license ↑Praise for the tool's design discipline and orthogonal, user-respecting approach ↓Skepticism about the project's actual purpose and usefulness based on its homepage