Defang Station

Defang Station is an always-on cloud machine that gives coding agents a persistent home to build and deploy applications.

Defang Station is an always-on cloud machine designed to give coding agents like Claude Code and Codex a persistent environment that goes beyond laptop capabilities. Users bring their own agent subscriptions and sign in with existing accounts to keep agents running after disconnecting. The platform provides a real web link for built applications, connects to GitHub, Linear, or custom apps to wake agents upon new events, and uses Defang Deploy to ship projects to production in the user's own cloud account. It is built for developers who want to maintain control of their tools while letting agents work continuously. The runtime is also available as an MIT-licensed open-source project called Agent Box.

Defang Station at a glance

Best for: Software engineer, Founder
Runs on: Web, CLI, self-hosted, open source
Pricing: Free for the first hour; seven-day free trial; $39 per month
Released: October 2026
Category: AI coding tool
Website: station.defang.io

Key features

Run Claude Code and Codex continuously
Generate live web previews for built projects
Connect GitHub and Linear to trigger agents
Preserve files and tools between sessions
Deploy projects to production with Defang Deploy
Self-host using the open-source Agent Box runtime

Use it for

Running coding agents continuously after disconnecting
Generating live links for agent-built projects
Triggering agents automatically via GitHub issues or webhooks
Shipping projects from development to production cloud environments

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