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Software developers
About BrowserPod
BrowserPod is a browser-based virtual machine. Its API provides a lightweight Linux kernel, replacing expensive and complex cloud infrastructure by delegating server processes to the client's browser via WebAssembly.
Developers use BrowserPod to run sandboxes for AI code, create developer tools and documentation without the cloud compute, and as part of wider enterprise transformation programs aiming to reduce their cloud costs and dependencies. Instead of provisioning costly cloud servers, BrowserPod allows you to execute full-stack workloads directly within the user’s browser tab. Each pod is ephemeral, constrained by the browser’s security model, and isolated from the host operating system via a dedicated syscall layer
The Linux kernel enables wide compatibility across a range of native runtimes, including Node.js, Rust, Python, Ruby and Go.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$20/month/user
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Company Information
Leaning Technologies Ltd
Founded: 2013
United Kingdom
browserpod.io
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