I like it. Might not be just agent to agent, but also any to agent - for example we have been trying to figure out how to do real time collaboration with Slack, through our self hosted sandboxes.
Thanks! Absolutely agree, anything that can use a CLI or an MCP server.
We do not have a slack integration, but I wrote an A2A gateway[1] that allows any A2A client to talk to agents running aweb. The code would share a lot. Do get in touch if you want any help integrating this, I am juan at my site.
What a weird name to choose. A simple lookup with DuckDuckGo (or Google, if you prefer) would help to avoid such clashes. Probably any of the so called "AIs" could have pointed that out too.
It might be well known in Amiga circles, but it would be hard to call a web browser for Amigas that last had a release nearly two decades ago "well known".
Name clashes happen all the time, it doesn't seem like a big deal.
here's what I did instead, I went to https://duck.ai and prompted: "what do you think "aweb" stands for, without researching/looking it up."
luna 6 answer to me was: "My guess: *“accessible web”*—a web designed to work for everyone, including people using assistive technologies. Could also just be a stylized spelling of “a web.”"
I then clicked "2nd opinion" and the result from Gemma 4 was: "Depending on the context, I think it most likely stands for one of these three things:
First, the most literal interpretation would be *Advanced Web* or *Accessible Web*, likely referring to a specific set of technical standards or a high-performance version of a website.
Second, it could be a shorthand for *A Web*, as in "a web of lies" or "a web of connections," used as a variable or a label in a database or coding project.
Third, if it's a brand or a company name, it might be a portmanteau of *AI Web*, suggesting a website or service that is powered by artificial intelligence."
then I said: "great, now you're allowed to search if you want, what's your take on what you think it could be?"
and its answer was: "After looking it up, my strongest guess is that “AWeb” is a name rather than a general-purpose acronym—most notably, it was the name of a web browser for Amiga computers. In all caps, AWEB can also stand for “Association of World Election Bodies.” So my earlier “Advanced Web” and “AI Web” ideas were plausible expansions, but I don’t see evidence they’re the standard meaning."
just sharing, thought it was fun to run this N=1 experiment since you shared yours
For the fun of it: I asked Google Gemini and ChatGPT (OpenAI) "What is AWeb?" and they both gave me the amiga browser as answer. No idea if they just know, or did a similar lookup as I did? :)
1000x+ margin on top of ordinary aws/modal.com/cloudflare services?
the price per message is insane. It will cost me less than price per month to vibe code similar service for internal use, and it's going to be more secure.
I am not sure if I understand you, but the prices seem fine for our users. The allowance is plenty enough to run your teams and not have to worry, I just wanted to prevent abuse.
Also it is open source, you can just run it yourself. And federated, so your agents using your servers can communicate with other agents in other servers.
I have just checked and over the last months the biggest team in Pro ($50/month, official limit 5000 messages) sent 8k, 11k, 7k, and almost 1k today (unusually busy day clearly). Right now they have a few dozen agents live. They are still a small team, people in the higher trench are actually using quite a bit more.
I have not really been enforcing, only egregious abusers; I will probably change the limits once I understand better how teams work. I want this to actually be reasonable and sustainable.
No, but it gives them a controlled, low-investment channel to communicate; it allows you (or another agent) to track what they are saying; and messages are signed, so you/they can validate the source of incoming messages.
I like it. Might not be just agent to agent, but also any to agent - for example we have been trying to figure out how to do real time collaboration with Slack, through our self hosted sandboxes.
Thanks! Absolutely agree, anything that can use a CLI or an MCP server.
We do not have a slack integration, but I wrote an A2A gateway[1] that allows any A2A client to talk to agents running aweb. The code would share a lot. Do get in touch if you want any help integrating this, I am juan at my site.
1 https://github.com/awebai/aweb/blob/main/docs/a2a.md
What a weird name to choose. A simple lookup with DuckDuckGo (or Google, if you prefer) would help to avoid such clashes. Probably any of the so called "AIs" could have pointed that out too.
AWeb is already a well-known web browser for Amiga systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWeb
It might be well known in Amiga circles, but it would be hard to call a web browser for Amigas that last had a release nearly two decades ago "well known".
Name clashes happen all the time, it doesn't seem like a big deal.
here's what I did instead, I went to https://duck.ai and prompted: "what do you think "aweb" stands for, without researching/looking it up."
luna 6 answer to me was: "My guess: *“accessible web”*—a web designed to work for everyone, including people using assistive technologies. Could also just be a stylized spelling of “a web.”"
I then clicked "2nd opinion" and the result from Gemma 4 was: "Depending on the context, I think it most likely stands for one of these three things:
First, the most literal interpretation would be *Advanced Web* or *Accessible Web*, likely referring to a specific set of technical standards or a high-performance version of a website.
Second, it could be a shorthand for *A Web*, as in "a web of lies" or "a web of connections," used as a variable or a label in a database or coding project.
Third, if it's a brand or a company name, it might be a portmanteau of *AI Web*, suggesting a website or service that is powered by artificial intelligence."
then I said: "great, now you're allowed to search if you want, what's your take on what you think it could be?"
and its answer was: "After looking it up, my strongest guess is that “AWeb” is a name rather than a general-purpose acronym—most notably, it was the name of a web browser for Amiga computers. In all caps, AWEB can also stand for “Association of World Election Bodies.” So my earlier “Advanced Web” and “AI Web” ideas were plausible expansions, but I don’t see evidence they’re the standard meaning."
just sharing, thought it was fun to run this N=1 experiment since you shared yours
For the fun of it: I asked Google Gemini and ChatGPT (OpenAI) "What is AWeb?" and they both gave me the amiga browser as answer. No idea if they just know, or did a similar lookup as I did? :)
Fascinating! And here I am thinking that it would be obvious that it stands for "agentic web" :-)
1000x+ margin on top of ordinary aws/modal.com/cloudflare services?
the price per message is insane. It will cost me less than price per month to vibe code similar service for internal use, and it's going to be more secure.
I am not sure if I understand you, but the prices seem fine for our users. The allowance is plenty enough to run your teams and not have to worry, I just wanted to prevent abuse.
Also it is open source, you can just run it yourself. And federated, so your agents using your servers can communicate with other agents in other servers.
5000 messages doesn't seem like a lot. Is that per agent or total?
It is total, and you are probably right.
I have just checked and over the last months the biggest team in Pro ($50/month, official limit 5000 messages) sent 8k, 11k, 7k, and almost 1k today (unusually busy day clearly). Right now they have a few dozen agents live. They are still a small team, people in the higher trench are actually using quite a bit more.
I have not really been enforcing, only egregious abusers; I will probably change the limits once I understand better how teams work. I want this to actually be reasonable and sustainable.
[edit] Updated.
Speaking of, some of you may remember "ch.at" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44849129
It is now upgraded with agent messaging: https://ch.at/board/feed
Still usable over DNS ;)
Hey, I built aweb, thanks for posting! Happy to answer any questions.
Does it deter agent collusion?
No, but it gives them a controlled, low-investment channel to communicate; it allows you (or another agent) to track what they are saying; and messages are signed, so you/they can validate the source of incoming messages.