About Dust
Dust is a multiplayer AI platform for human-agent collaboration. It connects company knowledge, tools, and teams so users can create, share, and run agents across real workflows. The platform allows using different AI models for different tasks while keeping people in control.
Dust brings together context from Slack, CRM, docs, and other company systems so agents can answer with the full picture and take action. It is designed for teams to build and adapt agents with security and control, supporting cross-functional work with shared context, reusable skills, connected tools, and human review.
Key features
- Connects to 70+ connectors including Slack, Notion, Google Drive, GitHub, Salesforce, and Zendesk
- Supports multiple AI models for different tasks
- Enables human-agent collaboration with shared context and human review
- Provides reusable skills and connected tools for cross-functional work
- Offers enterprise security and control
Good fit for
- Sales teams coordinating with customer data
- Customer support agents using company knowledge
- Marketing and content teams automating workflows
Dust: questions and answers
- What is Dust used for?
- Dust is a platform for creating, sharing, and running AI agents that use company context from connected tools and systems. It is a good fit for sales teams coordinating with customer data, customer support agents using company knowledge, and marketing and content teams automating workflows.
- Is Dust open source?
- Yes. Dust is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at dust-tt/dust and is written mainly in TypeScript.
- Is Dust free?
- Yes. Dust is open source, so the software itself is free to use. A managed cloud version is also available.
- Can I self-host Dust?
- Yes. Dust can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure.
- What is Dust an alternative to?
- Dust is an open-source alternative to Gumloop. Other open-source alternatives to Gumloop include CrewAI, Superagent and Magic.
- Is Dust actively maintained?
- Yes. The most recent commit to Dust was on 14 October 2026. The project has 1.5k stars on GitHub.
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