Hoplite (YC S26) launches to make deploying cloud coding agents effortless
Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents
Hoplite, a new tool from Y Combinator's S26 batch, aims to simplify the deployment of cloud-based coding agents. It provides a streamlined platform for developers to launch and manage AI coding assistants in the cloud, reducing the complexity of setup and infrastructure. The service focuses on ease of use, allowing teams to focus on coding rather than deployment logistics.
Deploying cloud coding agents should be as easy as pushing code, and Hoplite makes that a reality.
- scottydelta
Trying to wrap my head around how it differs from my current on-the-go setup that is claude code. On claude's phone app or web app I can choose a repo, ask it for a feature and it writes the code, runs my tests + add more tests and creates a new branch. Then I can click on create PR or configure claude code to auto create PR.
I also have another setup which is a self-hosted docker compose behind my vpn with one container with claude code agents managed using agent of empires[0] and another container with playwright with sse. Using this setup, my agents get access to actual browser where it can test things live and I can access the app started by agent on domain:port. This is something I don't get with Claude.
- ChrisMarshallNY
Good name, with The Odyssey out, and all. I guess that you could think of the agents as "footsoldiers," and whatnot.
Good luck!
- fishtoaster
Took me a minute to see the value - my first thought was "this is just cursor's cloud agents..."
But the key thing here for me is "Every sandbox boots your app on a live URL." Cursor doesn't easily have that, and that's what would allow me to ditch my local env entirely - the ability to actually try out a PR without needing to check it out locally.
So on that note: how does that work? We've had trouble with getting our dev env running in other cloud envs because it requires a few things (clickhouse, localstack, pg, etc) running which we manage via docker compose locally.
Also, some minor pricing feedback: it'd be really great if there were a version with pay-as-you-go and a cheaper fixed cost. I think your 99/seat/mo model is fine for professional work, but it's a lot to commit to for personal work.
- r5Khe
Looks neat! I've been using Amp (https://ampcode.com/) for a while (Which seems to be doing something very similar), and I really appreciate this type of workflow. One thread = one VM feels like a solid model going forward.
- mellosouls
Firstly: good luck!
I've been wondering what the alternatives to things like Github Copilot Cloud and Codex Cloud might be, especially ones that might be flexible wrt models, and this seems at least to have some of those behaviours.
If that perception is correct, please would you explain what it offers against those sorts of services (those in particular) and how the pricing compares - eg. their base levels are $20 a month, yours starts at a higher level - I can see there seems to be more brought in from the local IDE world (and similar), which seems very useful compared to the standard "prompt against repo, repeat" of the normal cloud agents but it would be useful to understand the targets and intents.