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title Introduction
description Rigbox is an API-first platform for running code in isolated micro-VMs with built-in app routing, AI credits, and developer tooling.

Rigbox gives you isolated Linux VMs - each with its own kernel, filesystem, and network - managed entirely through an API. Deploy workspaces, expose apps to the internet, run AI agents with managed credits, and automate everything with setup scripts and service specs.

Quick example

Deploy a workspace in one command:

rig template deploy --template dev --name <WORKSPACE_NAME>

Replace <WORKSPACE_NAME> with a name of your choice. The CLI is authenticated via rig login - no API key handling required.

This provisions an isolated micro-VM with Python, Node.js, build tools, and SSH access - ready in seconds.

New to Rigbox? Follow the [Quickstart](/quickstart) for a step-by-step walkthrough with polling, app exposure, and health checks.

When to use Rigbox

Use case How Rigbox helps
AI agent sandboxes Run untrusted AI-generated code in isolated VMs with no access to your infrastructure
App hosting Expose any port as a public URL with automatic HTTPS and subdomain routing
AI coding tools Run Claude Code, Codex, Aider with managed credits - no API keys needed
Development environments Reproducible dev environments with setup scripts, snapshots, and pre-installed tools
Bot deployment Deploy Telegram bots, chat interfaces, and AI agents in isolated micro-VMs
Build a platform Use the API to build your own hosting service on top of Rigbox infrastructure

Core capabilities

Isolated micro-VMs with configurable CPU, memory, disk, and full SSH access Expose ports as public URLs on `rigbox.dev` with automatic HTTPS and health checks Managed AI proxy with credits for Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google - or bring your own keys Architecture Explorer for code visualization, Virtual Browser for remote browsing Install VS Code, Jupyter, Streamlit, and more in one call Checkpoint full workspace state and restore instantly Setup scripts and service specs for reproducible environments SSH access, file transfer, and full CLI management with `rig`

Get started

Deploy your first workspace and app in 5 steps API keys, JWTs, and session tokens In-depth guides for every feature

Base URL

All API requests go to:

https://api.rigbox.dev/api/v1

See the API Reference for the full endpoint catalog, or the Authentication page for how to authenticate.