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  "logo": {
    "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
    "file": "/logos/github.svg",
    "source_url": "https://github.com"
  },
  "name": "GitHub Codespaces",
  "ownership": {
    "bowerbird": false,
    "operator": "GitHub (Microsoft)"
  },
  "products": {
    "agent_sandbox": {
      "billing": {
        "granularity_seconds": {
          "unknown": "Compute time is summed and reported to billing hourly; the billing increment is not published"
        },
        "minimum_seconds": {
          "unknown": "Not published"
        },
        "payment_model": "metered",
        "per_job_fee_usd": 0.0,
        "plan_minimum_usd_per_month": 0.0,
        "source": {
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces"
        }
      },
      "billing_basis": "wall_clock",
      "capabilities": {
        "agent_run_api": false,
        "desktop": "none",
        "docker_inside": true,
        "gpu": false,
        "preinstalled_agents": [],
        "sdks": [
          "cli",
          "rest"
        ],
        "soc2": {
          "unknown": "GitHub publishes SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 reports for GitHub Enterprise Cloud; no public page says whether Codespaces is in scope"
        },
        "source": {
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/developing-in-a-codespace/using-github-codespaces-with-github-cli"
        },
        "ssh": true
      },
      "categories": [
        "devbox"
      ],
      "free": {
        "minutes_per_month": {
          "unknown": "The personal-account quota is in core hours (Free 120, Pro 180), not minutes: 60 hours on a 2-core machine, 30 on a 4-core"
        },
        "one_time_credit_usd": 0.0,
        "source": {
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces"
        },
        "usd_per_month": 0.0
      },
      "isolation": {
        "unknown": "Each codespace runs in its own dedicated VM; the hypervisor is not named"
      },
      "lifecycle": {
        "auto_stop_minutes": 30,
        "cold_start_claim_ms": {
          "unknown": "No start-time number published"
        },
        "fork": "none",
        "idle_billed": false,
        "pause_resume": true,
        "persistence": "filesystem",
        "snapshots": false,
        "source": {
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/about-codespaces/understanding-the-codespace-lifecycle"
        }
      },
      "max_concurrent_sandboxes": {
        "unknown": "Limits on created and active codespaces 'vary based on a number of factors'; no number published"
      },
      "max_memory_gb": 128.0,
      "max_session_minutes": 720,
      "max_vcpu": 32,
      "name": "GitHub Codespaces",
      "notes": [
        "Compute is priced per hour by core count; 16 cores cost eight times 2 cores. Storage is measured in GB-hours and billed at $0.07 per GB-month for as long as a codespace or prebuild exists, running or stopped.",
        "Personal accounts get a monthly quota of 120 core hours and 15 GB-month (Free) or 180 core hours and 20 GB-month (Pro); a 2-core codespace uses 2 core hours per hour. Organization and enterprise plans include no Codespaces quota.",
        "Default idle timeout is 30 minutes (5 to 240 allowed); a codespace stops after 12 hours regardless, and stopped codespaces are deleted after 30 days by default.",
        "Prebuilds run as GitHub Actions workflows, billed as Actions minutes, and their storage is billed like codespace storage.",
        "Memory per machine type is from GitHub's pricing calculator; disk size depends on the machine type offered (e.g. 32 GB or 64 GB) and is not published per size."
      ],
      "plans": [
        {
          "basis": "account",
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "includes": "Personal accounts: 120 core hours of compute and 15 GB-month of storage a month",
          "name": "Free",
          "period": "month",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces",
          "usd": 0.0
        },
        {
          "basis": "account",
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "includes": "Personal accounts: 180 core hours of compute and 20 GB-month of storage a month",
          "name": "Pro",
          "period": "month",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/learning-about-github/faq-about-changes-to-githubs-plans",
          "usd": 4.0
        }
      ],
      "platform": {
        "byoc": false,
        "regions": [
          "UsEast",
          "UsWest",
          "EuropeWest",
          "SoutheastAsia"
        ],
        "self_host": false,
        "source": {
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/rest/codespaces/codespaces"
        }
      },
      "pricing": {
        "per_size": [
          {
            "disk_gb": {
              "unknown": "Storage per machine type is shown at creation; not published per size"
            },
            "id": "linux-2",
            "label": "2-core",
            "memory_gb": 8.0,
            "price": {
              "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
              "per": "hour",
              "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces",
              "usd": 0.18
            },
            "vcpu": 2
          },
          {
            "disk_gb": {
              "unknown": "Storage per machine type is shown at creation; not published per size"
            },
            "id": "linux-4",
            "label": "4-core",
            "memory_gb": 16.0,
            "price": {
              "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
              "per": "hour",
              "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces",
              "usd": 0.36
            },
            "vcpu": 4
          },
          {
            "disk_gb": {
              "unknown": "Storage per machine type is shown at creation; not published per size"
            },
            "id": "linux-8",
            "label": "8-core",
            "memory_gb": 32.0,
            "price": {
              "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
              "per": "hour",
              "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces",
              "usd": 0.72
            },
            "vcpu": 8
          },
          {
            "disk_gb": {
              "unknown": "Storage per machine type is shown at creation; not published per size"
            },
            "id": "linux-16",
            "label": "16-core",
            "memory_gb": 64.0,
            "price": {
              "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
              "per": "hour",
              "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces",
              "usd": 1.44
            },
            "vcpu": 16
          },
          {
            "disk_gb": {
              "unknown": "Storage per machine type is shown at creation; not published per size"
            },
            "id": "linux-32",
            "label": "32-core",
            "memory_gb": 128.0,
            "price": {
              "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
              "per": "hour",
              "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces",
              "usd": 2.88
            },
            "vcpu": 32
          }
        ]
      },
      "storage": {
        "disk_included_gb": 0.0,
        "disk_usd_per_gb_month": 0.07,
        "egress_usd_per_gb": {
          "unknown": "Not published"
        },
        "snapshot_usd_per_gb_month": {
          "unknown": "No snapshot feature; prebuild storage is billed like codespace storage at $0.07 per GB-month"
        },
        "source": {
          "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
          "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces"
        }
      }
    }
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  "status": {
    "checked_at": "2026-10-31",
    "source_url": "https://docs.github.com/en/billing/concepts/product-billing/github-codespaces",
    "value": "active"
  },
  "summary": "Cloud development environments on GitHub, each in its own VM, billed per hour of compute by core count plus storage per GB-month.",
  "website": "https://github.com/features/codespaces"
}