Daytona Background Agents

Building blocks for running AI coding agents in isolated Daytona sandboxes. Can be used in your own projects or as a standalone NextJS app:

Final.-.01.mp4

Packages

On npm — use them in your own projects.

Package	Description	Maintainer
`agent-configuration`	Translation layer between coding agents' configuration formats
`claude-credentials`	Claude Code OAuth credential generation via ccauth and Daytona
`launcher`	`npx background-agents` launcher that runs the desktop app
`mcp`	MCP provider integrations
`sandbox-git`	Git operations for Daytona sandboxes
`sandbox-jobs`	Run, observe, and reconnect to long-running shell processes in a Daytona sandbox via the filesystem
`sandbox-skills`	Agent skills integration for Daytona sandboxes
`sandbox-terminal`	WebSocket-based PTY terminal for Daytona sandboxes
`sdk`	TypeScript SDK for running AI coding agents in Daytona sandboxes

Not published — apps and shared internals used only in this repo.

Package	Description	Maintainer
`common`	Shared utilities and types
`desktop`	Electron desktop app for Background Agents
`dev-cron`	Local development simulator for Vercel cron jobs
`sandbox-image`	Custom Daytona sandbox image with pre-installed agent CLIs
`web`	Standalone chat app for AI coding agents

Set up a local Postgres database and a .env.local file with the variables listed under Development.

npm install
npm run prisma:migrate
npm run dev

The desktop app loads the web app, so it has the same prerequisites as the Web quick start above.

npm install
npm run dev:electron

This starts the local web server and launches the Electron app.

The web package deploys to Vercel. See Deployment for env vars and configuration.