Key concepts
Organizations
Group your team, resources, and billing together. Each organization has its own members, roles (owner, admin, member), and resource inventory.
Resources
Dedicated cloud machines within an organization. Coder deployments get their own database, namespace, TLS certificate, and domain at
your-name.codewire.sh. Codewire Relays provide connectivity for distributed AI agents.Workspaces
Isolated dev environments where AI agents run. Each workspace is a VM with your tools, code, and full root access — created from templates or launched directly from a repo URL.
How it works
From the web
- Sign up with an invite code and set up 2FA
- Create an organization and follow the setup checklist
- Add a resource — pick a type (Coder or Codewire Relay), choose a plan, and Codewire provisions everything
- Launch a workspace — use the AI-powered launcher to analyze a repo and spin up an environment
- Connect — open a terminal, VS Code, or SSH into your workspace
From the CLI
Codewire vs alternatives
| Codewire | Self-hosted Coder | GitHub Codespaces | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Add a resource in 2 minutes | Configure infrastructure, databases, TLS, DNS | Instant but limited config |
| Isolation | Xen hypervisor — dedicated kernel per workspace | Depends on your infrastructure | Shared kernel (container-based) |
| AI agents | First-class support — launch, orchestrate, monitor | Manual setup | Not designed for agents |
| Maintenance | Automatic upgrades, monitoring, backups | You manage everything | Managed by GitHub |
| Team management | Built-in orgs with invitations and roles | Configure your own IdP | GitHub org/team permissions |
| Infrastructure | Dedicated namespace and database per resource | You provision your own cluster | Shared infrastructure |
| Billing | Per-resource plans with usage tracking | License + your infra costs | Per-minute compute pricing |
Next steps
Quickstart
Get your first workspace running in 5 minutes.
CLI quickstart
Install the CLI and launch agents from your terminal.
Create an account
Sign up and verify your email.