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AI · August 26, 2026

OpenComputer

Firebase for Agents

What it does

Introducing OpenComputer Deploy your agent as a function. Get a computer for it. - a real Linux machine per session - ffmpeg, chromium, git, install anything - durable: hibernate + resume - your keys never enter the runtime The cloud of the last decade was built for apps. The next one is for trillions of always on agents. OpenComputer is their home.

The background agent cloud. Every sandbox is a full Linux VM with hardware-level isolation via KVM. Long-running, checkpoint and fork, resize memory and CPU at runtime.

An agent is a TypeScript function. Deploy it in seconds and it's live, ready to serve your users. Your keys never enter the runtime. import { useModel , useTool , useMcpServer } from "@opencomputer/agent" ; import { openCleanupPullRequest } from "./tools/github.js" ; export default function Agent () { useModel ( "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6" ); useMcpServer ( unleashMcp ); // read flag state useTool ( openCleanupPullRequest ); // one PR per stale flag return "Find stale flags in code, open a PR to remove each." ; } A real agent: it finds stale feature flags still referenced in code and opens a cleanup PR for each. Either way, your project shows up in the dashboard after its first deploy.…from opencomputer.dev

Pricing, as stated on its site

Free tier, paid plans from $20/mo — OpenComputer offers a freemium model with $10 free credit to start. Paid plans begin at $20/month (Pro) with 10× prepaid credit multiplier. Pay-as-you-go rates available for model calls (at API rates)

checked September 2026 · prices change

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