devbox
DevBox is an open source agent that takes a coding ticket, writes the change, runs tests and opens a draft pull request for engineering teams.
What it is good for
- Turning a ticket into a draft code change for review
- Having an AI teammate fix code after pull request comments
- Running coding agents in isolated sandboxes on your own infrastructure
- Keeping AI coding work away from real secrets and unapproved repos
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- GitHub, Linear, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Anthropic
Momentum
- Rank this week
- #76
- Best rank
- #76 week 44, 2026
- Stars gained last week
- +270
- GitHub stars
- 270
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is devbox free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use devbox?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does devbox work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with GitHub, Linear, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
- What is devbox good for?
- Turning a ticket into a draft code change for review, having an AI teammate fix code after pull request comments, running coding agents in isolated sandboxes on your own infrastructure, and keeping AI coding work away from real secrets and unapproved repos.
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