- Website
- boat.dev
- Social media
- @boatdotdev
About Boat
Boat is the cheapest, most powerful sandbox for agents, built for agent factories. It provides persistent Ubuntu VMs with SSH and SCP, Docker inside the VM, a dedicated IPv6 or IPv4 per machine, a 60fps virtual desktop, and snapshot-based forking, designed for AI agents, automation workflows, and humans.
Key Features
In practice, operators spin sandboxes to run full dev stacks and agent prompts, then manage them via the CLI or API:
Provisioned Ubuntu VMs
Full Linux machines you can SSH into, run Docker and databases, and use a 60fps desktop for UI.
Out-of-the-box dev toolkit
Docker, VS Code, Chrome, Ghostty, GitHub CLI, Rust, Node.js, and Bun are pre-installed so you can start right away.
Agent-oriented controls
Start sandboxes with boat new, access them via boat ssh/scp, and run prompts inside with boat prompt or the API/SDKs.
Billing and snapshots
Pay per second with a $20 minimum per month; snapshot and fork to preserve state and pause billing when needed.
Summary
Best for AI teams, automation engineers, and platform operations teams building agent-powered workloads.
