Ruflo Turns Claude Into a 60-Agent Swarm — For Free
Open-source Ruflo deploys 64 specialized Claude agents in a queen-led hierarchy, cutting API costs by up to 75%.
Ruflo (formerly Claude Flow) is an open-source orchestration platform that spins up a full multi-agent swarm around Claude in three CLI commands. The architecture is hierarchical: a Queen Agent breaks down tasks and delegates, while Planner, Coder, Researcher, Reviewer, and Tester agents each own a lane. The setup supports up to 64 agents across 16 categories.
The v3.5 release (Feb 2026) ships with 259 MCP tools, 60+ agents, and an Agent Booster (WASM) that handles simple code transforms 352× faster — skipping LLM calls entirely where possible. That's where the claimed 75% cost reduction comes from: intelligent routing means not every task burns tokens.
Setup is minimal: npx ruflo@latest init --wizard → daemon start → swarm init --v3-mode. The recommendation is to start with 2-3 agents and scale.
Why it matters: agent-of-agents architectures are becoming the default pattern for serious AI dev workflows — Ruflo is the most mature open-source implementation targeting Claude specifically.
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