Open-source IDE powered by AI agents that do the work for you

Example of AI agent building Stripe checkout. Left - technical specification written by human. Right - steps that the AI agent took and tools that it used to build the server route required by the specification.

e2b or etob (english2bits) is a new kind of development environment powered by AI. The main idea is that developers have access to AI agents that can use tools. The developer writes a short documentation or a technical spec in plain English and then lets the AI agent do the actual work. The AI agents have access to tools like writing to a file, running code, running commands, installing dependencies, deploying, etc. Agents operate in a secure sandboxed cloud environment that's powered by Firecracker. This way, you for example describe what a server route should do and the agent codes it for you. Like this example of an AI agent coding Stripe customer checkout based on a technical spec.

• BYOM - Bring Your Own Model
• BYOP - Bring Your Own Prompt
• BYOT - Bring Your Own Tools

We think the AI-powered IDE for the future should be open-sourced and allow anybody to bring their models, customize the prompts, and develop custom tools for the agents. But we also plan to offer a cloud version with some features behind subscription though.

You will need:

• Docker
• Node.js 16+
• Yarn
• Python 3.10+
• Poetry 1.3.2+

yarn install:all

yarn db:start

Local Supabase runs in the background - to stop it you have to run yarn db:stop.

Create .env file by copying the .env.example

cp .env.example .env

and fill in the following variables:

• OPENAI_API_KEY - your OpenAI key
• SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY - Supabase service role key you got in the previous step as service_role key: eyJh......
• NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY - Supabase anonymous key you got in the previous step as anon key: eyJh......

yarn dev

Then open the page on http://localhost:3000 and sign in with the testing credentials:

Email

[email protected]

Password

[email protected]

e2b is a work in progress. The developer <--> AI agent cooperation creates completely new paradigms. We're exploring how the ideal UX, UI, and cooperation with the agents should look like. The app will surely go through a lot of changes in the short and medium term.

You will always be able to self-host e2b for free. We will also offer a cloud version. The current idea is to offer the base cloud version for free while having some features for individuals behind a subscription. We'll share more on pricing for companies and enterprises in the future.

• AI Agent using coding tools
• Build your custom "Just-In-Time" UI
• Agent coded a full Stripe customer checkout by following a technical spec provided by user

Short-term goals, in no particular order.

• Come up with the name
• Clean up codebase and provide instructions on how to run it locally
• Set up a website
• Launch the initial version