detachbox

Questions before you start

Everything people ask before they hand an agent a long job. Missing an answer? Write to us and get one by email.

Ask us directly

Your Compute

What happens when I close the tab?

Nothing stops. The tab was a window onto a tmux session in your terminal. Open the dashboard from any browser or your phone and you land in the same session, scrollback intact.

What is ready when it starts?

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with sudo, Docker Engine with compose, Node 26, Python 3.14, git and tmux. Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode come installed in their latest versions, with approvals off.

Can I run Docker and databases?

Yes. Docker Engine with compose and sudo come in every terminal, and you are in the docker group. Containers run until their terminal ends or restarts; keep database files in your project folder and they outlast it.

Where does my code live?

In projects: folders at /work/<project> on your account disk. Each project has its own home folder, which its terminals see at /home/dev, so one project's logins and configs never reach another. Ending a terminal leaves both as they are.

How many agents can I run at once?

Up to 30, by size: 3 on Start, 5 on Pro, 8 on Max, 10 on Business, 15 on Business Plus, 20 on Business Max, 30 on Business Ultra. One Compute runs every project you have. Need more at once? Change size, no restart.

Is there a GPU?

No. Compute here is CPU and memory, up to 30 vCPU and 192 GB on Business Ultra. It runs agents, builds, test suites, databases and data jobs.

Agents and subscriptions

Do I need an API key?

No. Claude Code and Codex run on the Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already pay for. Have keys? OpenCode takes them from Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, DeepSeek, Z.ai, abliteration.ai and Gemini, and Claude Code and Codex take the compatible ones. Connect them once in the dashboard and every agent you launch starts signed in.

Which agents can I run?

Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode, in every terminal. Each launch pairs one of them with a compatible subscription or API key: Z.ai and DeepSeek run through all three, xAI through Codex or OpenCode, Gemini through OpenCode. Claude Code and Codex work side by side, each on its own subscription.

Why are approvals off?

An agent that stops to ask permission at 2 a.m. finishes nothing. Each terminal is a Linux system of its own, and a project terminal sees only its project and that project's home folder, so every CLI runs in its no-prompt mode.

Is it safe to connect my Claude or Codex subscription?

Yes. Your refresh token stays encrypted on our server and never reaches your Compute; the CLI gets an access token. Disconnect the account and we delete its tokens from our server and from your terminals.

Is detachbox made by Anthropic or OpenAI?

No. detachbox is an independent service. Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode come preinstalled as their makers ship them, under their own terms.

Access

Can I work with all my projects in a shell?

Yes: open a Shell terminal from New terminal. It mounts every project under /work next to your home folder, and counts toward your terminals at once like an agent terminal.

How do I open the app my agent is building?

Bind the dev server to 0.0.0.0. It answers at https://<port>-<terminal id>.detachbox.dev, and the terminal's Files and previews panel lists the link. Previews are private to you until you make a port public.

Can I use it from my phone?

Yes. The dashboard and the terminal open in your phone's browser, with a key bar for Esc, Tab and arrows and voice input for prompts.

Can my team share one Compute?

A Compute belongs to one person. Each teammate signs up for their own; at $39 it costs less than the argument over whose agent is eating the CPU.

Billing

When am I charged?

When your Compute starts, then every month on that date, in USD through Stripe. One Compute comes as one subscription and one line on your bill.

Why is there no free plan?

To keep the CPU you pay for working for you: crypto miners fill free tiers first. A friend's invitation makes your first month free; otherwise start at $39 and cancel from the dashboard whenever you like, and your Compute runs to the end of the month.

What if it doesn't work for me?

Your first overnight run works, or your money back. If the first run on your first Compute doesn't work for you, write to us within 14 days of its first payment and get that payment back in full.

What happens when I change size?

A bigger size lands right away: new CPU, memory and disk, no restart, and Stripe charges the difference for the rest of the month. A smaller one starts with the next month, once all your files fit the smaller disk at full size.

What does my disk size hold?

Exactly the gigabytes your size lists: Max's 200 GB holds 200 GB of your projects and home folders, every file counted at full size. When they fill it, new writes stop and an email tells you. Move to a bigger size and writing picks up at once, or delete files until you are 512 MiB under the limit.

How do I cancel?

In the dashboard, through the billing portal. Your Compute keeps running to the end of the month you paid for. Free days and a free month end the moment you cancel.

What if a payment fails?

You have 14 days. We pause your Compute on day 3 and delete the account disk on day 14; pay before then and your saved projects and home folders are yours again.

Reliability

What if the server reboots?

Your terminals come back by themselves, with their packages, Docker images and files in place. Running processes stop, and each agent comes back on its last conversation by itself, waiting for your next word.

Where does it run?

On servers around the world, and we connect more regions on request. The agent works next to its code, so distance only touches your keystrokes. Anyone, anywhere can sign up.

What does ending a terminal remove?

Its Linux system: processes, apt packages, system services, Docker images and build cache. Your projects, home folder and saved launches stay on the account disk, and the next terminal starts fresh on top of them.

Your agents keep working after you close the tab

Pick a size, hand over the long job and close the tab.

Get my Compute

Your first overnight run works, or your money back · Cancel from the dashboard; it runs to the end of the paid month