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Comment on: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

by 2001zhaozhao
Posted: Jun 4, 2026
Really cool tool!I am building a self-hosted tool (OpenClaw-like) to solve the same problem (running agents 24/7 and access from monile), which I think is the main alterative approach to cloud tools. I'm glad that other people have recognized the problem.We currently use worktrees btw. We have a port allocation system that sends ports to the agent automatically, which suffices for smoke testing web projects in parallel but requires some configuration. We've also found that asking agents to find a free port works as well. There's no way to get security-relevant isolation without a containerized system, but everything else can be worked around, and IMO more easily than the setup required to make a project ready for VM/container development.
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