Ona (formerly Gitpod)
Sandboxed parallel coding agent platform
Ona (formerly Gitpod) launched on September 9, 2025 with 260 votes, #102 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Ona is a platform that provides software engineering agents operating in temporary, isolated environments where users can edit code through VS Code or desktop IDEs. The system is designed for developers who want to collaborate with AI agents on coding tasks across multiple devices, from phones to laptops. The agents work in parallel and in sandboxed conditions, allowing developers to maintain control while leveraging automation for software engineering work.
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From the sources
Your personal team of software engineering agents, sandboxed in ephemeral environments with editing via embedded VS Code and support for desktop IDEs. Collaborate on any device from phone to tablet or laptop.
Run a team of AI software engineers in the cloud. Orchestrated, governed, secured at the kernel.
Task in, pull request out. Ona executes end-to-end in the background. Keep momentum from any device. Agent fleets at scale. Triggered across your codebase with repeatable workflows that run on PRs, schedules, or webhooks. More than a sandbox. Each agent gets a full cloud environment with your tools, network access, and permissions. Runs in your VPC with complete network control. Audit trails, scoped credentials, and kernel-level policy enforcement. Empower your entire organization with a secure way to delegate work to agents on their own powerful machines. Give teams one governed way to run Ona, Codex, and other agents with policies, permissions, network access, and runtime controls. Assign…from ona.com
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