tensorchord/envd

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envd is a command-line tool that creates reproducible, container-based development environments for AI/ML work using a simple Python-like build.envd declaration instead of hand-written Dockerfiles. It builds OCI-compatible images with built-in support for Jupyter, VSCode remote, CUDA, and conda/pip dependencies, and can also provision environments for AI coding agents.

Use cases

• set up a reproducible python machine learning dev environment
• replace dockerfiles with a declarative build.envd
• create a container with cuda and pytorch dependencies
• spin up jupyter and vscode remote in an isolated container
• share and publish dev environments as OCI images
• provision consistent environments for AI coding agents like codex
• reuse environment build functions across a team via git includes

When to choose

• you do AI/ML development with complex Python, CUDA, and system dependencies
• you want reproducible, versioned dev environments without writing Dockerfiles
• your team needs to share and reuse environment definitions
• you want first-class Jupyter and VSCode remote support in containers

When to avoid

• you need a general-purpose CI/CD pipeline tool rather than a dev environment manager
• your project has no containerization or dependency complexity
• you cannot use Docker or an OCI-compatible runtime
• you need lightweight virtualenv/conda-only workflows without containers

Facets

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developer-tools container-runtime build-tool configuration-management deployment developer-tools machine-learning data-science windows cli python go development-environment buildkit reproducible-environments mlops llmops cuda jupyter vscode-remote oci-images ai-agents containers command-line linux macos docker

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