Docking Station

One container. 30 tools. Every AI coding agent. Ready in 30 seconds.

Docking Station is a self-hosted developer environment that bundles every major AI coding agent into a single Docker container. It ships with a web dashboard, a browser-based terminal, a JSON API for automation, and a full Linux desktop — all behind optional password-protected access.

Deploy it once and your entire team gets instant access to 25 AI coding agents and 5 development tools from any browser.

docker run -d -p 8888:80 -e DEV_PASSWORD=securepwd \
  -v workspace:/workspace dockingstation

Open http://your-server:8888. Log in. Start coding.

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What's Inside

AI Coding Agents (25)

Tool	Provider	Command	Description
ForgeCode	TailCall	forge	#1 on terminal-bench v2.0 (81.8%) — multi-model TUI agent
Claude Code	Anthropic	claude	Agentic coding — reads your codebase, writes code, runs commands
Gemini CLI	Google	gemini	AI assistant with Google Cloud integration
Codex CLI	OpenAI	codex	Autonomous coding agent
GitHub Copilot CLI	GitHub	copilot	GitHub's agentic terminal agent
Droid	Factory AI	droid	#6 on terminal-bench v2.0 (77.3%)
Goose	Block	goose	MCP-native agent with 70+ extensions (Stripe forked this)
Aider	Aider	aider	Most popular OSS pair programmer — git-native file editing
Crush CLI	Charmbracelet	crush	Beautiful TUI-based AI coding agent
Amp	Sourcegraph	amp	Multi-repo agentic coding (formerly Cody)
Junie CLI	JetBrains	junie	JetBrains' AI coding agent
OpenCode	OpenCode	opencode	Multi-model AI coding assistant (142K stars)
Qwen Code	Alibaba	qwen	AI coding assistant from the Qwen team
Amazon Q CLI	AWS	q	AWS-integrated AI coding and cloud agent
Grok CLI	Community	grok	Open-source terminal assistant powered by Grok
T3 Code	Ping.gg	t3	Theo's coding-agent workspace launcher
Kilo CLI	Kilo	kilo	Keyboard-first coding agent with multi-provider support
Plandex	Plandex	plandex	Multi-step task planner with diff management
Kiro CLI	AWS	kiro-cli	Spec-driven agentic coding
Continue	Continue	cn	Source-controlled AI checks, enforceable in CI (32K+ stars)
Letta Code	Letta AI	letta	Memory-first AI coding agent
iFlow CLI	iFlow	iflow	Multi-model agent (free Kimi, Qwen, DeepSeek access)
Qoder CLI	Qoder	qodercli	AI coding assistant for the terminal
Cline CLI	Cline	cline-cli	Autonomous terminal agent
CodeRabbit CLI	CodeRabbit	coderabbit	AI code reviews for staged and unstaged changes

Development Environment (5)

Tool	URL	Description
VS Code Web	/code-server/	Full Visual Studio Code in the browser
File Browser	/files/	Web-based file manager for /workspace
Browser Terminal	/terminal/	GoTTY-powered shell — launch any CLI tool in a browser tab
Linux Desktop	/desktop/	Full GUI desktop via noVNC with 90s Mac theme
SafeMode	/safemode/	Alternate retro web frontend

Base Layer

Tool	Description
Homebrew	Package manager for additional tools (brew install ...)
Bun	Fast JavaScript runtime and package manager
gh	GitHub CLI
tmux	Terminal multiplexer

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Three Interfaces

Web Dashboard

The landing page at / is a dark-themed dashboard with card-based tool launchers, live health indicators, and category filters. Click any CLI tool card to open it directly in the browser terminal.

Browser Terminal

Every CLI tool can be launched in a browser tab via GoTTY at /terminal/. The dashboard's "Launch" buttons open tools directly — no SSH or VNC required.

JSON API

curl -u devuser:$PASSWORD http://your-server:8888/api/tools.json

Returns a structured manifest of all 30 tools with id, command, category, port, URL, and docs link. Built for agent orchestration and CI/CD pipelines.

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Architecture

Browser
  |
  v
nginx (port 80) ── optional basic auth
  |
  |── /                 Web Dashboard
  |── /api/tools.json   Machine-readable tool manifest (30 tools)
  |── /code-server/     VS Code Web (port 8080)
  |── /files/           File Browser (port 8443)
  |── /terminal/        GoTTY browser terminal (port 7681)
  |── /desktop/         noVNC Linux Desktop (port 6080)
  |── /safemode/        Alternate retro frontend
  |
  v
supervisord ── manages all processes

Base: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Node.js 22 | Python 3.10 | Homebrew | Bun

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Quick Start

Run Locally

docker run -d \
  --name dockingstation \
  -p 8888:80 \
  -p 6080:6080 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v dockingstation-workspace:/workspace \
  -e DEV_PASSWORD=changeme \
  dockingstation

Without Auth

docker run -d -p 8888:80 -e NO_AUTH=1 \
  -v dockingstation-workspace:/workspace dockingstation

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/colygon/dockingstation.git
cd dockingstation/dev-container
docker build -t dockingstation .

Deploy to a Cloud VM

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 443:80 \
  -v dockingstation-workspace:/workspace \
  -e DEV_PASSWORD=your-secure-password \
  dockingstation

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Terminal-Bench Rankings

Several tools in Docking Station are top performers on terminal-bench:

Rank (v2.0)	Tool	Score
#1	ForgeCode	81.8%
#6	Droid	77.3%
—	Codex CLI, Claude Code, Goose, Gemini CLI, OpenCode	Listed

Rank (v1.0)	Tool	Score
#5	Droid	58.8%
#20	Claude Code	43.2%
#21	Codex CLI	42.8%

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Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
DEV_PASSWORD	Yes*	Password for HTTP basic auth (username: devuser)
NO_AUTH	No	Set to 1 to disable authentication

*Not required when NO_AUTH=1.

Pass API keys for individual tools as additional env vars:

-e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-... \
-e OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... \
-e GOOGLE_API_KEY=... \
-e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=...

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Ports

Port	Service
80	nginx (dashboard + auth proxy)
6080	noVNC desktop
7681	GoTTY browser terminal
8080	VS Code Web
8443	File Browser
5900	VNC

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Nightly Builds

GitHub Actions rebuilds the image daily at 02:00 UTC with the latest tool versions. Images are pushed to GHCR with latest, date, and SHA tags. Targets linux/amd64 and linux/arm64.

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Docs

Full documentation at docs/ (Mintlify).

License

MIT