The open source alternative to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
90% cheaper • Deploy anywhere • No vendor lock-in
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Amazon just launched Bedrock AgentCore. It's great, but:
- ❌ Expensive (standard LLM costs + AWS markup)
- ❌ AWS lock-in (can't deploy elsewhere)
- ❌ Closed source (can't see or modify code)
Atomic Agents solves all three:
- ✅ 90% cheaper via TDLN compression
- ✅ Deploy anywhere (AWS, GCP, Azure, self-hosted)
- ✅ Open source (MIT license)
Plus features Bedrock doesn't have:
- 🔒 Structural governance (policy gates)
- 📜 Cryptographic audit trail (immutable ledger)
- 📊 Complete dashboard (included, no extra setup)
- 💰 Explicit cost modes (mechanic vs genius)
docker pull danvoulez/atomic-agents
docker run -p 3000:3000 danvoulez/atomic-agentsgit clone https://github.com/danvoulez/Atomic-Agents.git
cd Atomic-Agents
npm install
npm run devCompresses natural language → structured format → 90% token savings
Example: Before: "Please analyze this auth module and refactor..." (1500 tokens) After: task:analyze target:auth.ts action:refactor (150 tokens) → 90% reduction = 10x cheaper!
Structural governance that's impossible to bypass:
{
mode: "mechanic",
budget: { maxSteps: 20, maxCostCents: 50 },
tools: ["read_file", "run_tests"], // Only safe tools
enforced: true // Cannot be overridden
}Append-only, cryptographically verified audit trail: Every decision, tool call, and result is recorded. Cannot be altered or deleted. "If it's not in the ledger, it didn't happen."
| Provider | Tokens/Task | Cost/Task | Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrock AgentCore | 15,000 | $0.50 | $500 |
| Atomic Agents | 1,500 | $0.05 | $50 |
| Savings | 90% less | 90% less | $450/month |
At scale (10k tasks/month): Save $4,500/month!
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ User Interface (Web) │ └─────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘ │ ┌─────────────────▼───────────────────────────┐ │ Coordinator (TDLN) │ │ • Compresses input (90% reduction) │ │ • Routes to appropriate agent │ │ • Enforces policy gates │ └─────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘ │ ┌─────────┴─────────┐ │ │ ┌───────▼────────┐ ┌──────▼──────┐ │ Mechanic Agent │ │ Genius Agent│ │ • Fast, cheap │ │ • Exploratory│ │ • Strict rules │ │ • More tools │ └───────┬────────┘ └──────┬──────┘ │ │ └─────────┬─────────┘ │ ┌─────────────────▼───────────────────────────┐ │ Ledger (Truth) │ │ • Immutable event log │ │ • Cryptographic hashes │ │ • Complete audit trail │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- Coordinator: Routes tasks intelligently
- Planner: Breaks down complex goals
- Builder: Executes code changes
- Tester: Runs tests and validates
- Evaluator: Assesses quality
- TDLN Compression: 90% token reduction
- Budget Enforcement: Hard limits per job
- Mode Selection: Mechanic (cheap) vs Genius (expensive)
- Tool Optimization: Read tools cheaper than write
- Policy Gates: Structural rules enforcement
- Ledger: Immutable audit trail
- Tool Separation: Read vs write clearly marked
- Budget Caps: Cannot exceed limits
- Complete Dashboard: Real-time monitoring
- Event Timeline: See every decision
- Cost Tracking: Per-job breakdown
- Quality Scores: Automatic evaluation
- Core agent system
- TDLN compression
- Policy gates
- Ledger
- Basic dashboard
- WebSocket support (real-time)
- Docker images
- Kubernetes manifests
- Enhanced evaluation
- More built-in tools
- Multi-model support
- Distributed execution
- Advanced memory system
- Plugin ecosystem
- Hosted option
We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md
Areas we need help:
- 📝 Documentation improvements
- 🧪 More test coverage
- 🔧 New tools/integrations
- 🎨 UI/UX enhancements
- 🌍 Translations
- Discord - Chat with us
- GitHub Discussions - Ask questions
- Twitter - Follow updates
MIT License - see LICENSE
Built with inspiration from:
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (validation of the concept)
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- OpenAI Agents
- LangChain
Special thanks to everyone who helped during 18 months of development!
This is independent open source software. Not affiliated with Amazon or AWS. "Bedrock AgentCore" is a trademark of Amazon Web Services.
Made with ❤️ by @danvoulez
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