# Broccoli

> **TL;DR.** Broccoli is an open-source coding agent that converts [Linear](https://linear.

- **Category:** AI / Developer Tools / Coding Agents
- **Stage:** validating
- **Age:** 55 days
- **Origin date:** 2026-04-22
- **First detected:** 2026-04-23
- **Canonical URL:** https://earlyterms.com/term/broccoli
- **Sources:** 4 primary URLs

## Definition

Broccoli is an open-source coding agent that converts [Linear](https://linear.app) project-management tickets into shipped pull requests, running each task inside an isolated Google Cloud sandbox. Built by [Be Simple](https://besimple.ai), a YC-backed voice-AI startup, it uses both Claude and Codex CLIs in tandem so each model reviews the other's output.

The project was open-sourced on April 22, 2026 as a [Show HN post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47865642) by Be Simple (YC-backed, $3M seed, November 2025), having first run in production four weeks prior. The team reported 100% of non-developer PRs shipped via Broccoli, with roughly 60% developer-team adoption, all running on their own GCP infrastructure with no third-party control plane.

## Analogy

Think of it as an autonomous intern that reads your Jira-style ticket and hands you a reviewable PR by morning.

## Why it's emerging now

Cloud sandboxing costs have dropped to the point where spawning a fresh GCP container per ticket is economically viable. Besimple's Show HN on April 22, 2026 surfaced a working self-hosted alternative to Devin — one that keeps code and credentials on your own infrastructure and chains Claude and Codex against each other for review.

## Related terms

- *parent:* coding-agents
- *parent:* agent-harness
- *parent:* agentic-coding
- *related:* dev-agents
- *related:* managed-agents
- *related:* claude-code
- *related:* openai-codex-cli
- *related:* browser-harness
- *competitor:* OpenHands
- *competitor:* Devin
- *competitor:* Devika
- *competitor:* Open SWE

## Sources

1. [besimple-oss/broccoli — GitHub repository](https://github.com/besimple-oss/broccoli)
2. [Show HN: Broccoli, one shot coding agent on the cloud — Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47865642)
3. [Besimple.ai — company background](https://besimple.ai)
4. [OpenHands — The Open Platform for Cloud Coding Agents](https://openhands.dev/)

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