Bees goes public with local agent teams and a review board
Your move: Public introduction on October 13; the current 0.2.2 build was released October 7
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Bees publicly introduced its free, open-source desktop app on October 13, with downloads for macOS, Windows and Linux. Describe an outcome in plain language and it turns the work into stages on a shared board. Agents work through those stages, and a separate reviewer checks each result before it moves on. Bees supports Claude Code or Codex subscriptions, hosted providers and local models, plus recurring processes and local search over folders and mapped Google Drive locations. A private workspace starts without a Bees account.
The public introduction is not a new build: the latest stable 0.2.2 release was published October 7. Approval is off by default and must be enabled per stage to gate sends, posts, deletes or payments through tools. Mac packages are signed and notarized; Windows and Linux packages are unsigned. The 0.2 series does not migrate existing local data from 0.1.1, so those users need a backup before trying it.
Why it matters
Bees offers a visible plan, agent team and review step for work on your own computer, rather than one assistant doing everything in a chat. Files and credentials stay local, but selected content can still go directly to the model providers and tools you connect. The app is free; paid model subscriptions or API usage remain separate. Set approval stages before giving a team work that can affect other people or spend money.