exe Documentation

Learn how exe hosts persistent development containers you can reach over SSH or the browser.

1. Introduction

What is exe.dev?

VMs, on the internet, quickly

Why EXE?

EXE is just a computer.

Pricing

Plan options for individuals, teams, and enterprises.

2. Features

exe.dev HTTP Proxies

Publish to the Internet, both privately and publicly

Sharing

share it like it's hot

Custom Domains

Use your own domain with exe.dev

Login with exe

Use exe.dev's authentication system in your applications

Shelley, our Agent

Prototype quickly

3. Use Cases

Intro

an open source reactive notebook

Running Agents

use exe.dev VMs as a sandbox

Running a self-hosted GitHub Actions Runner

log in easily into your CI environment

Spinning up a Marimo Notebook

an open source reactive notebook

4. CLI Reference

help

Show help information

doc

Browse documentation

ls

List your VMs

new

Create a new VM

rm

Delete a VM

share

Share HTTPS VM access with others

whoami

Show your user information including email and all SSH keys.

delete-ssh-key

Delete an SSH key

shelley

Manage Shelley agent on VMs

ssh

SSH into a VM

browser

Generate a magic link to log in to the website

exit

Exit

5. Editorials

Persistent disks, not serverless

exe.dev is serverful, not serverless

Put your agent in a VM and let it be

Agent security is unsolved; a virtual machine is pragmatic

The GUTS Stack

Go, Unix, TypeScript, SQLite

6. Other

Frequent Asked Questions

and some infrequently asked ones too

Help & Community

Join our Discord

How exe.dev works

behind-the-scenes look