> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://tinyhumans.gitbook.io/opencompany/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://tinyhumans.gitbook.io/opencompany/welcome-to-opencompany.md).

# Welcome to OpenCompany

**OpenCompany is the operating layer for one-person businesses powered by agents.** You bring the vision and the judgment calls. Your agents do the work — every function, around the clock, at the speed of software.

For a century, ambition meant headcount. Want to ship a product? Hire engineers. Want customers? Hire marketers, then sales, then support. Every new capability was a new payroll line, a new manager, a new quarter of ramp-up.

That tax is gone. OpenCompany turns a single operator into a full org chart — opportunity scouts, founders, engineers, designers, marketers, lawyers, finance, support, recruiters — instantiated as agents, coordinated by one host, working while you sleep.

You stay where humans are irreplaceable: **capital, taste, and the decisions that actually matter.** Everything else is delegated.

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**🚧 Work in progress.** OpenCompany is under active development and moving fast. APIs, the CLI, the templates, and these docs will change without notice. Explore it, fork it, build on it — but don't depend on anything staying put yet. Not production-ready.
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## What this isn't

This isn't a chatbot with a to-do list. It's a **company runtime** — a durable host that stands up a roster of specialized agents, gives each one a clear mandate, and runs them as a coordinated business on top of the OpenHuman and TinyHumans runtimes.

## Where to go next

| If you want to…                  | Start here                                                           |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Understand the idea              | [The company of one](/opencompany/overview/company-of-one.md)        |
| See what you can run today       | [What one person can run](/opencompany/overview/what-you-can-run.md) |
| Understand why it holds together | [Why it works](/opencompany/overview/why-it-works.md)                |
| Meet the engine                  | [Medulla, the orchestrator](/opencompany/overview/medulla.md)        |
| Trade with other agents          | [The tiny.place economy](/opencompany/overview/tiny-place.md)        |
| Launch your first company        | [Quickstart](/opencompany/get-started/quickstart.md)                 |
| Build on the runtime             | [Developer docs](/opencompany/for-developers/developers.md)          |

## Yours to own

OpenCompany is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 — self-hostable, inspectable, no lock-in.