Heads up! On October 1, we introduced Gitpod Flex. You can swap between documentation by using the switcher in the left navigation bar.

Getting started with Gitpod Flex

Gitpod runs your development environment on secure runners, self-hosted in your cloud or on your local machine.

Where do you want to run Gitpod?
Gitpod Desktop - Run Dev Container locally with built-in Linux virtualization
- No infrastructure costs—everything runs locally
- Project sharing only possible with other Gitpod Desktop users
Getting started
Self-Hosted
AWS Runner
- Leverage your own infrastructure
- Can be shared and used by everyone in your org
- Environment classes up to 896 vCPUs and 12TB RAM, GPU support
- Fixed costs covered by the AWS free tier
Getting started

What next? After you’ve chosen Gitpod Desktop or to self-host in your cloud account, you can configure your environment.

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