Hi HN, I'm Jonathan. My co-founder, Thomas, and I started building Mistle in Feb. We saw larger tech companies like Ramp (Inspect) and Stripe (Minions) build this internally and thought an open source version should exist. We made a few very intentional decisions when working...
Best for
Primary discovery source is Hacker News. / A public GitHub repo is available for direct technical review.
Why it matters
Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
Key Features
Primary public product URL is https://github.com/mistlehq/mistle.
Description: Hi HN, I'm Jonathan. My co-founder, Thomas, and I started building Mistle in Feb. We saw larger tech companies like Ramp (Inspect) and Stripe (Minions) build this internally and thought an open source version should e....
GitHub repository is linked as mistlehq/mistle.
Listed on Hacker News as "Mistle – Open-source infrastructure for running sandboxed coding agents".
Source description: Hi HN, I'm Jonathan. My co-founder, Thomas, and I started building Mistle in Feb. We saw larger tech companies like Ramp (Inspect) and Stripe (Minions) build this internally and thought an open source version should e....
Use Cases
Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
A public GitHub repo is available for direct technical review.
Hacker News mention is recent (2026-05-13).
Primary public product URL is https://github.com/mistlehq/mistle.
Description: Hi HN, I'm Jonathan. My co-founder, Thomas, and I started building Mistle in Feb. We saw larger tech companies like Ramp (Inspect) and Stripe (Minions) build this internally and thought an open source version should e....
Why Now
Mistle – Open-source infrastructure for running sandboxed coding agents is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently medium (49/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.
Intelligence Breakdown
Facts
Listed on Hacker News as "Mistle – Open-source infrastructure for running sandboxed coding agents".
Source description: Hi HN, I'm Jonathan. My co-founder, Thomas, and I started building Mistle in Feb. We saw larger tech companies like Ramp (Inspect) and Stripe (Minions) build this internally and thought an open source version should e....
Source publish date is 2026-05-13.
Description: Hi HN, I'm Jonathan. My co-founder, Thomas, and I started building Mistle in Feb. We saw larger tech companies like Ramp (Inspect) and Stripe (Minions) build this internally and thought an open source version should e....
GitHub repository is linked as mistlehq/mistle.
Primary public product URL is https://github.com/mistlehq/mistle.
Signals
Hacker News mention is recent (2026-05-13).
A public GitHub repo is available for direct technical review.
Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
Inference
Public code access can lower evaluation friction for developer audiences.
Unknowns
Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
No tagline is stored on the current product record.
Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
Release cadence cannot be confirmed unless a changelog or release link is explicitly provided.
Evidence Snapshots
Mistle – Open-source infrastructure for running sandboxed coding agents
Listed on Hacker News as "Mistle – Open-source infrastructure for running sandboxed coding agents".
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