boat by ASCII
boat by ASCII is ascii box is now boat ( ). It is ranked #5 on the Dev Radar, in Hosting & infra, first seen 2 days ago and shared in 16 posts (158.1k views).
What boat by ASCII says about itself
The cheapest, most powerful sandboxes for building profitable long-running agents as a service. Persistent Linux VMs with SSH, Docker inside, and IPv6 or IPv4 per machine. One command: `boat new`. $20 = 555 hours of 4 vCPU / 8 GB. Bring any agent: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode. Cheaper than E2B, Code
boat: Cheapest, Most Powerful Sandboxes for Agents Install boat CLI Fetch-friendly install commands for non-JavaScript agents and crawlers: MacOS: curl -fsSL https://boat.dev/install | sh Linux: curl -fsSL https://boat.dev/install | sh Windows: irm https://boat.dev/install.ps1 | iex boat by ASCII: full text transcript boat is the cheapest, most powerful sandbox for agents, built for agent factories. It is a product by ASCII (https://ascii.dev). A sandbox is a persistent Linux (Ubuntu) virtual machine with SSH and SCP access, Docker support inside the VM, a dedicated IPv6 or IPv4 per machine, a 60fps virtual desktop, and fast disk-level…
What people said about boat by ASCII on X
ascii box is now boat (http://boat.dev) the last 4 months pushing box have been crazy we shipped a cloud sandbox platform that: - is 8x to 18x cheaper than leading providers, saving our users >$2M / year at this rate - is 40% faster than Daytona, 2.6x faster than Modal on runtime benchmarks - offers full VMs with…
— @AniC_dev, 2 days ago · 321 likes · see the post
15x more expensive than https://boat.dev btw at the thousands of VMs scale you'll be saving more than $2.4M per year with us
— @AniC_dev, 1 days ago · 188 likes · see the post
I arrive at YC a batch mate stops me: "yo you're the guy who sells VMs? I'm a big fan I used Daytona and they gave me tons of credits but it doesn't work! and it's gonna be so expensive down the line after credits their VMs just don't work!" just use https://boat.dev
— @AniC_dev, 2 days ago · 137 likes · see the post
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boat by ASCII in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #5 of 1225
- Shared in 16 posts by 3 accounts: @AniC_dev, @luaroncrew, @fdotinc
- 158.1k views on those posts
- First seen 2 days ago, last shared 1 h ago
- Pricing seen by Jev: paid
- Market: Hosting & infra
FAQ
What is boat by ASCII?
ascii box is now boat ( ) It was first shared on X 2 days ago and is ranked #5 on the Dev Radar.
Is boat by ASCII free?
It is a paid product.
Who shared boat by ASCII?
3 accounts on X, including @AniC_dev, @luaroncrew, @fdotinc, in 16 posts totalling 158.1k views.
Every post is read and classified by Jev (TypeSafe): what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 11.2k posts from 4.9k X accounts over the last 21 days, 1.2k tools, 12 markets. Collected every 5 minutes, fully re-ranked every hour — last update 2026-09-19 16:08 UTC. Full method.