ChatDev

Multi-agent software development system where LLM agents collaborate on coding work

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Overview

ChatDev is an open-source software development system built around collaboration among LLM-powered agents. Agents can take on different development roles and communicate while working through software projects. The official repository describes the current project as ChatDev 2.0, focused on development through multi-agent collaboration.

Key features

LLM-powered development agents
Multi-agent collaboration
Communicative agent roles
Open-source repository
Software project workflows

Use cases

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Last updated 2026-09-16