Gibil

Gibil lets an assistant spin up a temporary Ubuntu VM to clone a project, run shell commands, and read or write files, then auto-destroy it.

What you can do

Gibil provisions an ephemeral Ubuntu virtual machine and exposes it to the assistant as a working environment. According to the description, it can clone a project into the VM, execute shell commands, perform file input and output, and destroy the machine automatically when a time-to-live expires. It targets cloud providers such as Hetzner and Vultr, and can optionally clone private GitHub repositories at boot.

When to use it

Use it when an assistant needs a disposable Linux environment for a task: running builds or scripts, inspecting or editing a project in isolation, or testing something without touching the local machine. It suits short-lived, self-cleaning workloads rather than persistent servers.

Requirements

Runs locally over stdio, typically installed from the npm package gibil, and is desktop-only. At least one cloud provider token is required: HETZNER_API_TOKEN for Hetzner or VULTR_API_KEY for Vultr. GIBIL_API_KEY is optional for usage tracking and paid plans, and GITHUB_TOKEN is optional for cloning private repositories. Network access to the chosen provider is needed.