RunWhen
OSS-first AI-SRE platform; CodeCollection (the OSS runbook library) is the differentiator — 'GitHub for SRE runbooks.' Apache-2.0. Bootstrapped + small angel funding. RunWhen Local self-hosted.
Active · Verified 2026-10-28 · fresh as of 2026-10-28 · 23 cited facts, 2 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- Open-source AI SRE platform with CodeCollection vendor fix
- Tier
- T3
- Created
- 2022 (founded) vendor fix
- Latest release
- not applicable — wrong section fix
- License
- Apache-2.0 vendor fix
- GitHub
- runwhen-contrib/rw-cli-codecollection — ~26 stars, last commit 2026-10 (plus other runwhen-contrib repos) repo fix
- Pricing
- $30k one-time 30-day sprint (3 agents/30 skills); self-hosted license $25k/yr (5,000 tickets), $45k/yr (10,000 tickets+chats), $115k/yr (30,000); outcome-based enterprise contracts; BYO LLM endpoint vendor fix
- Funding
- not applicable — wrong section fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-28 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- commercial vendor fix
- Accelerator
- seedcamp-2023 third-party fix
- Protocols
- mcp-server vendor fix
- Compliance
- none-published vendor fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 0.39 (12-mo avg 2.4) · 3 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
Optimised for: OSS-first AI SRE + community runbook library
Anti-fit: not applicable — wrong section
Pros & cons
Pros
OSS-first differentiates from Resolve/Cleric; community runbook library is sticky; self-host option.
Cons
Smaller commercial footprint; founder velocity less venture-backed than Resolve/Cleric.
Claims & capabilities
OSS Apache-2.0; CodeCollection runbook library is community-driven; RunWhen Local self-host option
Technical surface
- API surface
- not applicable — wrong section
- Backend storage
- not applicable — wrong section
- Deployment
- not applicable — wrong section
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- not applicable — wrong section
- MCP
- not applicable — wrong section
- A2A
- not applicable — wrong section
- OpenTelemetry
- not applicable — wrong section
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Sources (22 cited facts, 2 third-party)
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- What it is Open-source AI SRE platform with CodeCollection vendor
- What it does & what's distinct OSS-first AI-SRE platform; CodeCollection (the OSS runbook library) is the differentiato… vendor
- Claims / benefits OSS Apache-2.0; CodeCollection runbook library is community-driven; RunWhen Local self-h… vendor
- Created 2022 (founded) vendor
- License Apache-2.0 vendor
- GitHub runwhen-contrib/rw-cli-codecollection — ~26 stars, last commit 2026-10 (plus other runwh… repo
- Pricing $30k one-time 30-day sprint (3 agents/30 skills); self-hosted license $25k/yr (5,000 tic… vendor
- HQ US vendor
- Founders / pedigree Shea Stewart (CEO) vendor
- Code/weights release Apache-2.0 OSS vendor
- Optimised for OSS-first AI SRE + community runbook library vendor
- Pros OSS-first differentiates from Resolve/Cleric; community runbook library is sticky; self-… vendor
- Cons Smaller commercial footprint; founder velocity less venture-backed than Resolve/Cleric. vendor
- Project & sources www.runwhen.com/ vendor
- adoption-accelerator seedcamp-2023 third-party
- architecture-deployment-locus hybrid vendor
- licensing-bucket commercial vendor
- positioning-platform-vs-product product vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":8.01,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":2.4,"openrank_current":0.39,"particip… third-party
- compliance-certifications none-published vendor
- protocol-support mcp-server vendor
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