Introduction
A.R.C. (Agentic Reasoning Core) is an open-source Platform-in-a-Box that transforms weeks of infrastructure wiring into a single command. Scaffold a complete AI agent platform, deploy 20+ production services with memorable codenames like Sherlock, Heimdall, and Friday, and focus entirely on building the reasoning engine your agents deserve.
What is A.R.C.?
- A complete platform, not a library. One CLI command composes an entire production stack: gateway, auth, streaming, observability, and AI reasoning, all pre-wired and ready to run.
- Every service has a codename and a job. Heimdall guards the gate (Traefik), Sherlock thinks (LangGraph), Friday shows the vitals (Grafana), and the T-800 stress-tests the whole thing (Chaos Mesh).
- Built for distributed intelligence. Design stateful, multi-agent systems with persistent memory, semantic search, event-driven messaging, and real-time voice, all orchestrated from a single
arc.yaml.
Why A.R.C.?
| Minutes, Not Months | A single arc run deploys 20+ production services. What takes teams weeks to wire by hand is ready in minutes. |
| 100% FOSS | Apache 2.0, MIT, and MPL throughout. No BSL, no "source-available" gotchas, no non-compete clauses. You own your stack. |
| Platform, Not Library | This is not another pip install. A.R.C. ships a complete ecosystem: gateway, auth, secrets, messaging, observability, voice, and AI reasoning, pre-configured and production-hardened. |
| Zero Lock-In | Built on open standards: OpenFeature for feature flags, OpenTelemetry for observability. Swap any service, including ours, whenever you want. |
Quick Glance
| Layer | Services (Codenames) | Technology |
|---|---|---|
| Edge | Heimdall | Traefik API Gateway |
| Intelligence | Sherlock, Scarlett, RoboCop, Gordon Ramsay, Ivan Drago, Uhura | LangGraph, Pipecat, RuleGo |
| Data & Memory | Oracle, Sonic, Cerebro, Tardis, The Flash, Dr. Strange | PostgreSQL, Redis, Qdrant, MinIO, NATS, Pulsar |
| Identity & Security | J.A.R.V.I.S., Nick Fury, Mystique | Ory Kratos, Infisical, Unleash |
| Observability | Black Widow, Dr. House, Watson, Columbo, Friday, Hermes | OTEL, Prometheus, Loki, Jaeger, Grafana, Promtail |
| Operations | The Wolf, Alfred, Statham, T-800 | Ops, Billing, Self-Healing, Chaos Mesh |
| Voice | Daredevil, Sentry, Scribe | LiveKit, Ingress, Egress |
| Utilities | Pathfinder, Hedwig | Migration, Mailer |
Next Steps
- Evaluating A.R.C.? Read Why A.R.C. for the business case and competitive comparison.
- Ready to try it? Jump to Getting Started and deploy your first platform in minutes.
- Want the architecture? Explore the Platform Architecture with the full 29-service codename matrix.
Contributing
We are building A.R.C. in the open. We'd love your help. Please read our CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.
All community interaction is governed by our CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.
License
A.R.C. is open-source under the Apache 2.0 License.