🧩 PequeRoku

🖥️ Your own always-on, self-hosted codespace — with real VMs, full root, and zero setup friction.

🚀 What Is It?

PequeRoku is an open-source alternative to Replit or Codespaces that you can host yourself. It gives you real virtual machines (via QEMU/KVM), a web IDE, and persistent environments you can reach from any device — laptop, tablet, or phone.

No sandbox. No cold starts. No hidden limits. Just your own cloud dev environment, fully under your control.

🪄 Demo & Screenshots

Jump into your VM from any device — no setup, no waiting.

✨ Why It Exists

I built PequeRoku because I couldn’t find a remote dev platform that was:

• 🧑‍💻 Open & self-hosted
• 🔑 Root-accessible (install whatever you want)
• 💡 Always-on — no booting or waiting
• 🌐 Accessible from anywhere
• 💸 Affordable to run at home

Traditional solutions like Replit, Codespaces, or Gitpod are great — but they don’t give you full control, and their costs add up fast. PequeRoku brings that freedom back.

⚙️ How It Works

Each PequeRoku instance runs:

• 🧠 FastAPI backend for VM orchestration
• 🧩 Django/DRF backend for users and templates
• 💾 QEMU VMs with strong isolation
• 💻 Monaco + Xterm.js frontend for the IDE
• 🧍 Each developer gets a persistent VM — always on, with root access.

📘 Full architecture and setup guide → Wiki

🧩 Quick Start

1. Follow the setup guide on the Wiki → Getting Started
2. Launch your instance (Docker Compose supported)
3. Visit http://localhost:8000
4. Log in and start coding ✨

That’s it. You now have your own self-hosted Replit-style workspace.

🧠 What’s Next

• ⚡ Fast snapshots / rollbacks
• 👥 Multi-user roles and guardrails
• 🤖 Automations (push → test in active VM)
• 🧰 Better UI for managing multiple instances
• ✨ More AI

💬 Contribute

PequeRoku is open to ideas, bug reports, and pull requests! If you’d like to help:

• Check the Issues
• Share feedback, ideas, or problems — I reply to everything 🚀

🧡 Support the Project

If PequeRoku resonates with you:

• ⭐ Star the repo — it helps others discover it
• 🗣️ Tell others, spread the world
• 🧑‍💻 Deploy it in your homelab and share your setup

PequeRoku isn’t “the ultimate platform.” It’s your platform — a small way to take back control.

📎 Links

• 🌐 pequeroku.net
• 💻 GitHub Wiki
• 🧠 Medium Article
• 📦 License: MIT

License

This project is distributed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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