# IronCrew

> IronCrew is an open-source Rust runtime for Lua-defined AI agent crews, distributed as a single binary under the MIT License. It supports CLI and HTTP operation, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, tool approval gates, and durable coordination.

The website explains product choices; the runtime repository documentation is the authority for APIs, configuration, and compatibility. Documentation on main follows the current code; consult a release tag for version-specific behavior. Comparison pages are dated snapshots. Follow the latest-release link rather than assuming a version from historical provenance evidence.

PostgreSQL provides shared durable coordination, not distributed Lua execution. Run execution stays with its owning process; cross-replica human-input delivery does not imply execution failover or exactly-once external effects. Consult the storage and multi-replica contracts for requirements and limits.

## Runtime documentation (Markdown)

- [Getting started](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/README.md): Installation and first crew.
- [HTTP API](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/rest-api.md): Run endpoints, human input, and server-sent events.
- [Tools](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/tools.md): Built-in tools and approval controls.
- [Providers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/providers.md): Provider configuration and supported API surfaces.
- [Conversations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/chat.md): Stateful conversations and dialogs.
- [Storage](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/storage.md): Storage backends and PostgreSQL support policy.
- [Multi-replica contract](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/multi-replica.md): Ownership, fencing, and durable coordination.
- [HTTP scaling](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/http-scaling.md): Routing, admission, and process-local limits.
- [Deployment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/cloud-deployment.md): Cloud deployment and operational configuration.
- [Sandbox](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/docs/sandbox.md): Lua execution boundaries and restrictions.

## Product website

- [IronCrew](https://ironcrew.work/): Product overview and operating surfaces.
- [How it works](https://ironcrew.work/how-it-works): Run ownership, human checkpoints, tools, and deployment boundaries.
- [Why IronCrew](https://ironcrew.work/why-ironcrew): When to choose a standalone runtime and when a library is a better fit.
- [IronCrew and IronFlow](https://ironcrew.work/agentic-automation): Routing work between deterministic workflows and agentic decisions.
- [IronCrew vs CrewAI](https://ironcrew.work/compare/crewai): Dated comparison with source citations and tradeoffs.
- [IronCrew vs LangGraph](https://ironcrew.work/compare/langgraph): Dated comparison with source citations and tradeoffs.
- [Enterprise services](https://ironcrew.work/enterprise): Direct maintainer support, integration, and deployment services.
- [Security](https://ironcrew.work/security): Trust boundaries, public evidence, and vulnerability reporting.
- [Contact](https://ironcrew.work/contact): Talk to an IronCrew engineer.

## Optional

- [Source code](https://github.com/skitsanos/ironcrew): Public runtime repository.
- [Latest release](https://github.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/releases/latest): Current published release and downloads.
- [Examples](https://github.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/tree/main/examples): Runnable Lua crew examples.
- [Evaluation methodology](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/main/evaluations/crew-effectiveness/README.md): Harness boundaries and evaluation evidence.
- [Security policy](https://github.com/skitsanos/ironcrew/security): Vulnerability disclosure instructions.
- [Sitemap](https://ironcrew.work/sitemap.xml): Indexable website pages.