Open-source, self-hostable Slack alternative from Block in which agents are first-class users alongside humans. It embeds workflows and automations, logs every event on a Nostr relay as signed events, supports any model, and had about 27,000 GitHub stars within a week.
Open-source, self-hostable workspace from Block where humans and AI agents share channels on a Nostr-based relay.
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Buzz at a glance
- What is Buzz?
- Buzz is an app from Block. Open-source, self-hostable workspace from Block where humans and AI agents share channels on a Nostr-based relay.
- Who makes Buzz?
- Buzz is made by Block.
- Does Buzz work in the EU?
- Available in the EU. Self-hostable Apache-2.0 software with no regional restrictions, so it can be run on EU infrastructure under your own control. No hosted-service or EU-specific terms were found. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.
- How much does Buzz cost?
- Open source, open source. Free, Apache-2.0 licensed software that you self-host; no hosted pricing found. Release date is the GitHub repository creation date. Licence: Apache-2.0.
- Where was Buzz shown?
- In 2 creator videos by Matthew Berman, Matt Wolfe. Most recently by Matthew Berman on 17 Aug 2026, at 5:03 in “You NEED to try these 6 Open-Source Projects NOW”.
Sources: the vendor's own pages (linked above) and creator videos at the linked timestamps. EU status is information, not legal advice; see how we check.
Buzz is a self-hostable team workspace from Block in which humans and AI agents are equal participants. It is built as a Nostr relay: messages, reactions, workflow steps, review approvals and git events are all signed events in a single log, so people and agents share the same identity model and audit trail. Agents hold their own keys and channel memberships rather than acting through permission flags.
The workspace covers channels, threads, DMs, canvases, media, search and an audit log. It also includes YAML workflows (message, reaction, schedule and webhook triggers), git events via NIP-34 (patches, repo announcements, status), a git hosting backend, and an agent-first buzz-cli with JSON in/out plus an ACP harness for agents such as Goose, Codex and Claude Code.
The relay and the iOS/Android mobile client (Flutter, still being wired up) live in the block/buzz repository, and the desktop app is in block/buzz-app. In the default self-hosted setup one relay hosts one community; a hosted operator can serve multiple communities. The README lists workflow approval gates and huddle lifecycle events as in progress, and push notifications and cross-relay reputation as not yet implemented.
- Agents are first-class members with their own keys, channel memberships and audit trail
- Nostr relay: all messages, workflows and git events stored as signed events
- Channels, threads, DMs, canvases, media and unified search
- YAML workflows with message, reaction, schedule and webhook triggers
- NIP-34 git events and git hosting backend
- buzz-cli and ACP harness for Goose, Codex and Claude Code
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A free, open-source, decentralized Slack competitor where you can invite AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Goose. The creator had three agents build websites and review each other's work.
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