#What is Chatspaces?
A chatspace is your own machine in the cloud. You point Claude or Codex at one of your GitHub repos, tell it what to build, and it works on a real, isolated box — one you can drive from your phone, your laptop, or the web.
It isn't a throwaway sandbox you outgrow in five minutes. It's a persistent machine: install anything, run your app on a live URL, step away, and pick it back up exactly where you left off.
New here? The fastest way to understand Chatspaces is to make one. Jump to the Quickstart.
#The idea in one minute
- Sign in with GitHub in the Chatspaces app and pick a repo and branch.
- Choose your agent — Claude or Codex.
- Say what you want built. Chatspaces spins up a fresh cloud machine, clones your repo onto it, and starts the agent.
- Drive it from the Claude or ChatGPT app. The conversation lives in the agent's own app; Chatspaces manages the machine behind it.
- Preview your work on a live
*.chatspaces.devURL, then commit and open a PR — all from your phone.
#What makes a chatspace different
Drive it from anywhere
Run the show in the Claude or ChatGPT app — phone, desktop, or web. Step away, resume anywhere.
A live preview URL
Run your app on the box and it's instantly reachable over HTTPS — great for a tight loop or sharing a prototype.
A real, persistent box
Isolated and yours. Install anything; it's all still there when you come back. No re-explaining, no fresh sandbox.
#A few words you'll see
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Chatspace | Your machine in the cloud, attached to one repo + branch, driven by one agent. |
| Agent | The coding assistant doing the work — Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. |
| Environment | A named bundle of secrets (API keys, tokens) you can inject into a chatspace. See Environments. |
| Live link | A public HTTPS URL that serves a web app or API running inside your chatspace. See Live preview links. |
| Idle stop | Auto-stops your chatspace after a stretch of inactivity, so you don't burn usage doing nothing. See Usage & limits. |
#Where to go next
Quickstart →
Create your first chatspace and ship something.
The lifecycle →
Create, run, idle, resume, delete — how a chatspace moves.
Sign in →
Connect Claude or Codex and what subscriptions you need.
Plans & billing →
What's free, what's paid, and how to upgrade.
Chatspaces is iOS-first today — the iPhone and iPad app is live, and Android is on the way. You can also drive a running chatspace from the Claude and ChatGPT apps on desktop and web.