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pi pod
Self-hosted server that runs pi coding-agent sessions in isolated remote sandboxes you can reach from a terminal or phone.
What pi pod does
pi pod runs sessions of the pi coding agent inside isolated sandboxes on a remote server, so the agent works away from your laptop and you can attach to it from a terminal or a phone. Its author, Evan, built it for people who already use pi and want sandboxing and shared access around it.
The self-hosted edition is available now as an AGPL-3.0 repository. It has a control-plane server, a sandbox service that hosts many isolated pods in one container, a command-line client, and native iOS and Android apps. Sign-in goes through Zitadel (OIDC), and the server stores no passwords. Running it needs a Linux host with 8 GB of RAM, Docker with the Compose plugin, git, OpenSSL and Node 22.19 or later.
A hosted service at pipod.dev is announced but not live. Its billing page lists the planned plans: Standard at $20 a month and Pro at $50 a month, with a 7-day trial that requires a card. The homepage also names goals such as role-based session sharing and browser and native-app automation; the repository README does not list those as shipped.
- Running pi agent sessions in isolated sandboxes on your own server
- Starting and attaching to agent sessions from a phone
- Keeping a team's agent environment in its own data center
Who should use it
- Existing pi users who want sandboxed remote sessions
- Teams that want to self-host their agent environment
Who should look elsewhere
- Anyone who wants a hosted service today
- Users of coding agents other than pi
Strengths
- Open source under AGPL-3.0 and self-hostable with Docker Compose
- Native iOS and Android clients alongside a CLI
- OIDC sign-in through Zitadel; the server stores no passwords
Limitations
- The hosted service is not available yet
- Built around pi, so it does not apply to other agents
- Self-hosting needs a Linux host with 8 GB of RAM, Docker and Node 22.19 or later
- No documentation site was found beyond the repository README
Sources
- pi podOfficial sitePrimarypipod.dev
- github.com/pi-pod/pipodRepositoryPrimary
- pipod.dev/billingWeb
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