HOTBUNK

The submarine has room for everyone

$ pip install hotbunk
GitHub PyPI Quick Start

Built by Drew Beyersdorf

// the math

$200
What you pay / month
$30K
What it replaces / month
150x
The multiplier

Each Claude Max account has rate limits. You hit the ceiling, you wait. Meanwhile your other account is doing nothing. HotBunk pools idle capacity so something is always running.

// the metaphor

USS HOTBUNK - CROSS SECTION ================================ DECK 1 [WATCH A] On duty --------+---+---+---+--------- | @ | | | Active --------+---+---+---+--------- DECK 2 [WATCH B] Standby --------+---+---+---+--------- | | ~ | | Resting --------+---+---+---+--------- DECK 3 [SLEEPING] Off duty --------+---+---+---+--------- | | | z | Bunked --------+---+---+---+--------- Bunks are always warm. Someone is always using them.
Watch A -> Account A (interactive session)
Watch B -> Account B (idle, available)
Sleeping -> Automated jobs running
On submarines, crews share bunks across shifts. No bed is ever empty. HotBunk does the same with Claude Code rate limits. When one account is active, the other runs automated workloads.

// account states

■ Interactive Owner active
⏸ Idle No session
☾ Sleeping Sleep window
■ Throttled Rate limited
⏱ Cooldown Recovering

Interactive sessions have absolute priority. Automated workloads are scavengers -- they only consume idle capacity. When an owner starts a session, automated work yields immediately.

// cli demo

hotbunk

// architecture

Orchestrator SQLite + REST API + Dashboard Machine 1 agent + interactive Machine 2 agent Machine 3 agent mesh network CLI (hotbunk) Dashboard :3000
OrchestratorPython daemon on your always-on box. Tracks states, assigns jobs, exposes the API.
AgentLightweight process per machine. Reports sessions, receives assignments.
CLIThe hotbunk command. Submit, status, switch, policy.
DashboardPool status, active jobs, usage history. FastAPI + HTMX.

// quick start

Install
$ pip install hotbunk
Register your first account
$ hotbunk register work --email you@company.com
Register your second account
$ hotbunk register personal --email you@personal.com
See your pool
$ hotbunk status
Submit your first job
$ hotbunk submit militia -c "claude -p 'run the nightly audit'"