Ghostbox
Ghostbox provisions disposable development machines from the 'Global Free Tier' to provide a temporary, isolated environment for testing builds, running untrusted code, and hosting coding agents.
At a Glance
- Software Developers
- Independent Journalists
- AI Agent Developers
- Regulated Enterprises (Finance, Healthcare, Government)
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Ghostbox
Disposable Cloud Machines via CLI
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Products & Services
CLI tool to provision disposable development machines from third-party infrastructure like GitHub Actions.
Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) platform for secure web browsing and automation.
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A community-driven, searchable archive and browser for Hacker News.
Market Position
Differentiates by utilizing the 'Global Free Tier' of existing cloud providers to offer ephemeral compute at minimal cost compared to traditional VPS providers.
Leadership
Founders
Cris Stringfellow
Hardcore programmer specializing in Web, Analytics, Visualization, and Systems. Founder of DOSAYGO and creator of BrowserBox, Flipbook, and Hacker Book. Background includes work in Sydney, Hong Kong, and Taipei.
Executive Team
Cris Stringfellow
Founder & CEO
Advanced browser technologies, systems programming, and web infrastructure.
Founding Story
Developed by Cris Stringfellow to automate his own workflow of spinning up ephemeral machines on GitHub Actions for testing builds across different operating systems. It evolved into a CLI tool for developers and agents to use temporary compute from various 'Global Free Tier' sources.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Licensing for enterprise products (BrowserBox); Ghostbox leverages free third-party tiers.
Pricing Tiers
Commercial use license
Personal/Non-commercial use
Leverages user's own Global Free Tier (e.g., GitHub Actions)
Target Markets
- Software Developers
- Independent Journalists
- AI Agent Developers
- Regulated Enterprises (Finance, Healthcare, Government)
- Testing builds on different operating systems
- Running untrusted or 'weird' code/scripts
- Disposable workstations for AI coding agents
- Exposing local web apps for preview
- Isolated development from anywhere
- Regulated industries using BrowserBox Shield