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Connect to your Devbox from your local environment using SSH, your preferred terminal, or a full IDE. All remote connections are tunneled securely through the Namespace API. No public IP addresses or open ports are required.

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Prerequisites

Before connecting, install and authenticate the Devbox CLI. You’ll also need a running Devbox.

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Terminal Access

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Direct SSH

The fastest way to get a shell in your Devbox:
This establishes an interactive SSH session directly to your Devbox. Use the -A flag to forward your local SSH agent:

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Configure SSH

To use the standard ssh command (and enable any tool that relies on SSH config), run:
This sets up your local ~/.ssh/config with an Include directive pointing to ~/.namespace/ssh/, writes the SSH key and a host config for your Devbox. After running this, you can connect with:
This also enables tools like scp, rsync, and any program that reads your SSH config.

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Next Steps

IDEs

Open a Devbox in VS Code, Cursor, JetBrains, or Zed.

Accessing services

Reach a service running on a Devbox with port forwarding or a shareable URL.

Sessions

Persistent terminal sessions that survive disconnections and Devbox restarts.
Last modified on September 16, 2026