Claude Code: With vs Without Ruflo
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| Capability | Claude Code Alone | Claude Code + Ruflo |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Collaboration | Agents work in isolation, no shared context | Agents collaborate via swarms with shared memory and consensus |
| Coordination | Manual orchestration between tasks | Queen-led hierarchy with 3 consensus algorithms (Raft, Byzantine, Gossip) |
| Hive Mind | ⛔ Not available | 🐝 Queen-led swarms with collective intelligence, 3 queen types, 8 worker types |
| Consensus | ⛔ No multi-agent decisions | Byzantine fault-tolerant voting (f < n/3), weighted, majority |
| Memory | Session-only, no persistence | HNSW vector memory with sub-ms retrieval + knowledge graph |
| Vector Database | ⛔ No native support | 🐘 RuVector PostgreSQL with 77+ SQL functions, ~61µs search, 16,400 QPS |
| Knowledge Graph | ⛔ Flat insight lists | PageRank + community detection identifies influential insights (ADR-049) |
| Collective Memory | ⛔ No shared knowledge | Shared knowledge base with LRU cache, SQLite persistence, 8 memory types |
| Learning | Static behavior, no adaptation | SONA self-learning with sub-millisecond pattern matching, LearningBridge for insights |
| Agent Scoping | Single project scope | 3-scope agent memory (project/local/user) with cross-agent transfer |
| Task Routing | You decide which agent to use | Intelligent routing based on learned patterns (89% accuracy) |
| Complex Tasks | Manual breakdown required | Automatic decomposition across 5 domains (Security, Core, Integration, Support) |
| Background Workers | Nothing runs automatically | 12 context-triggered workers auto-dispatch on file changes, patterns, sessions |
| LLM Provider | Anthropic only | 5 providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Cohere, Ollama) with automatic failover and cost-based routing (cost-optimized routing) |
| Security | Standard protections | CVE-hardened with bcrypt, input validation, path traversal prevention |
| Performance | Baseline | Faster tasks via parallel swarm spawning and intelligent routing |