openclaw/crabbox
Crabbox: warm a box, sync the diff, run the suite. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
80/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 8
Flags: young
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1.0
- age_days: 125
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 59
Adoption not part of the score
1334 stars · 163 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Crabbox is a Go CLI and execution control plane that leases remote runners (cloud VMs, SSH hosts, containers, or sandbox providers), syncs the local working tree, runs repository commands remotely, and streams output and evidence back. It supports an optional coordinator (Cloudflare Workers or Node.js/PostgreSQL) for credential and lease management, plus integrations for editors and AI coding agents.
Use cases
- run test suites on faster remote machines instead of my laptop
- test my code on linux, windows, or macos without owning the hardware
- give a coding agent a disposable remote environment to run commands
- run gpu workloads remotely from my local repo
- get a clean disposable environment that matches my repo setup scripts
- stream remote command output and evidence back for code review
- avoid writing a bespoke CI job for every test iteration
- run browser or desktop QA in a visible remote session
When to choose
- local compute is too slow for your test suite or builds
- you need platform-specific validation on machines you don't have
- you want repeatable remote execution without bespoke CI jobs per iteration
- AI agents or automation need auditable remote command runs with logs and artifacts
- you want coordinator-owned cloud credentials with spend caps and cleanup
When to avoid
- you need a replacement for full CI pipelines
- you need a hostile multi-tenant sandbox or isolation between untrusted users
- you need a secrets scrubber or security boundary
- you only run trivial commands that finish quickly locally
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
testing cli developer-tools deployment workflow-automation configuration-management ssh cloud developer-tools testing cloud-computing windows cli go cloud self-hosted remote-execution remote-test-runner control-plane disposable-environments agent-skills herdr-plugin coordinator lease-management evidence-recording provider-agnostic gpu-workloads cross-platform-testing command-line automation devops ai-agents linux macos docker
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox · fetched 2026-08-28 · 22bc95932171
- homepage: http://crabbox.sh · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7d1d5d39e4ff
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/getting-started.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0d7bcba3dd9d
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/features/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 25e08de2ee8d
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/features/actions-hydration.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3e1a3176fb2f
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/pricing.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · d042d2f5187f
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/integrations/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 85ddc7690801
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/integrations/agents.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 049baed6f435
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/integrations/authoring.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1a03530e62ec
- site_page: https://crabbox.sh/integrations/editors.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · c1552129b567
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| openclaw/crabbox | main | 80 |
For agents
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