# Orloj

> Orloj is an open-source orchestration plane for multi-agent AI systems. Define agents, tools, policies, and workflows as declarative YAML manifests, then deploy them with built-in governance, scheduling, and reliability.

## Getting Started

- [What is Orloj](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/what-is-orloj) — One-minute introduction to agent orchestration as a category
- [Introducing Orloj](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/introducing-orloj) — Initial release announcement and feature overview
- [2026 Agent Orchestration Guide](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/2026-agent-orchestration-guide) — Comprehensive overview of agent orchestration landscape and Orloj's place in it

## Core Concepts

- [What is Agent Orchestration](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/what-is-agent-orchestration) — Definition and why it matters for production systems
- [Declarative Agent Management](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/declarative-agent-management) — YAML-first approach to defining agents and systems
- [Fail-Closed vs Fail-Open](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/fail-closed-vs-fail-open) — Why governance by default matters

## Production & Operations

- [Agent Observability](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/agent-observability) — Monitoring, tracing, and debugging multi-agent systems
- [Agent Cost Attribution](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/agent-cost-attribution) — Understanding costs across your agent fleet
- [Agent Failures at 3am](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/agent-failures-3am) — Operational resilience and failure modes
- [Testing Agent Systems](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/testing-agent-systems) — Strategies for validating multi-agent workflows
- [Multi-Agent Systems Reliability](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/multi-agent-systems-reliability) — Building systems that survive production

## Comparisons & Analysis

- [Orloj vs LangGraph vs CrewAI](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/orloj-vs-langgraph-vs-crewai) — Head-to-head feature comparison
- [Top 5 Agent Orchestration Platforms](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/top-5-agent-orchestration-platforms) — Market overview and positioning
- [The Cost of Ungoverned Agents](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/cost-of-ungoverned-agents) — Business and technical case for governance

## Governance & Compliance

- [Agent Governance Strategies for Enterprise](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/agent-governance-strategies-enterprise) — Governance frameworks for large organizations
- [Healthcare Governance](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/healthcare-governance) — Compliance patterns for HIPAA and regulated industries
- [Financial Services Governance](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/financial-services-governance) — Governance for finance and payment systems
- [EU AI Act and Agent Systems](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/eu-ai-act-agent-systems) — Regulatory considerations for European deployments
- [The Governance Gap](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/governance-gap) — How and why governance became separated from orchestration
- [Guardian Agents](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/guardian-agents) — Using agents to govern other agents

## Use Cases

- [Healthcare Agent Governance](https://www.orloj.dev/use-cases/healthcare) — HIPAA-compliant AI agent orchestration with audit trails and human-in-the-loop enforcement
- [Financial Services Agent Governance](https://www.orloj.dev/use-cases/financial-services) — SEC, OCC, and FINRA-compliant agent orchestration with model risk management

## Comparisons

- [Orloj vs LangGraph](https://www.orloj.dev/compare/orloj-vs-langgraph) — Detailed comparison of orchestration approaches
- [Orloj vs CrewAI](https://www.orloj.dev/compare/orloj-vs-crewai) — Detailed comparison of multi-agent frameworks

## Architecture & Design

- [The Missing Layer: Orchestration Plane](https://www.orloj.dev/blog/missing-layer-orchestration-plane) — Why agent systems need an orchestration layer
- [Multi-Agent Systems Architecture](https://docs.orloj.dev/concepts/agent-systems) — System design patterns and topologies