BoxHaven
github.com/finbarr/boxhaven- Category
- Developer Tools
- Rank
- No. 1527Tools index
Previous survey · No. 1507 ·
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Type
- TOOL
- Use case
- Coding
- GitHub
- 26 stars
- Latest release
- v0.6.0
- Date
About
BoxHaven lets development teams run AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini, plus developer shells, on named persistent remote Linux boxes that keep running after a laptop disconnects. Each box holds a managed tmux session for long-running agent work and can sync the current project to and from the remote machine, and it can be self-hosted with a team's own cloud credentials or used as a hosted service.
At a glance
BoxHaven gives coding agents separate Linux VMs and persistent remote sessions. It is worth trying if several independent tasks need compute outside your laptop and you want to reconnect after leaving.
Good fit
Teams that can manage remote project copies, permissions and cleanup.
Consider something else when
Use local worktrees if you only need file separation or cannot move code and credentials to the chosen host.
Start here
Run a harmless task in a disposable VM, disconnect, reconnect and retrieve the result. Check what was copied and verify that destroying the VM cleans up what you expect.
Cost and requirements
AGPL 3.0. The project documents hosted and self-hosted options, a CLI and separate cloud compute requirements.
Limits to know
VM separation still depends on cloud identity, network access and what you copy into a box. Persistent resources can continue to incur costs until removed.
Sources checked 2026-11-05. Source-based assessment.
Why it made the leaderboard
BoxHaven keeps long-running Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini sessions alive on a named remote box after your laptop disconnects, with project sync and SSH access built in instead of hand-rolled tmux-over-SSH scripts.
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