Solo founder here. Built Paragent so I could ship features without hiring!
I’m a solo founder. My backlog kept growing, and I was spending most of my time context-switching between features instead of shipping.
I tried Copilot, Cursor, and other AI tools. They helped, but I still had to be in the flow, write the code, create branches, and open PRs myself.
I wanted something that could take a feature idea and turn it into a PR I could review.
So I built https://paragent.app
What it does:
You describe a feature in plain English. For example: “Add Stripe checkout to the pricing page.” Paragent creates a branch, plans the implementation, writes the code, runs your tests, and opens a pull request. You review and merge like any other PR.
You can run multiple agents in parallel. Describe 5 features before lunch, review 5 PRs in the afternoon.
Why I built it this way
BYO API keys — You use your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini keys. We don’t store your code or prompts.
GitHub-native — It’s a GitHub App. Minimal permissions: read/write contents and PRs. No access to main or anything you don’t want.
Free tier — Free to start, no credit card. One repo, two concurrent agents.
Where it is now
It’s live at https://paragent.app. I’ve been using it for my own projects and iterating on it.
If you’re a solo founder or small team drowning in backlog, I’d love it if you tried it. Feedback and questions are welcome.
how do you keep those agents alive between sessions right now, or do they die with the process? I've been building a cloud machine that keeps parallel agents running on their own and still there when you come back.
So I built podbay cloud to solve just that.
Feels close to what you're doing. Happy to give you one to try — and if it's not useful, just say so.
And of course, your account will be free of charge, since this is early alpha.
Appreciate your time!
Itzhak