Hoplite

Hoplite is a cloud platform that lets you spin up AI coding agents connected to your GitHub repositories. Instead of running agents on your local machine, you point Hoplite at any repo, and it pulls in your codebase, branch structure, and even your local configuration — sessions, MCP servers, environment variables, and CLI tools. The agents then work in isolated cloud sandboxes, so you can run many of them at the same time without worrying about your computer's resources.

Getting started takes four steps. First, connect a repository — Hoplite grabs the full codebase and branch structure so agents have context from the start. Second, it imports your local setup, mirroring your machine's environment in the cloud. Third, you launch an agent in a sandbox — each sandbox is isolated, so you can run hundreds concurrently. Fourth, agents produce updates that you can review and approve, like a pull request workflow. The interface shows a thread view where you can triage issues, summarize activity, or ask for fixes. Hoplite is backed by Y Combinator.

This tool is built for developers and engineering teams who want to offload coding tasks to AI agents without the overhead of managing local environments. It's especially useful for teams working on multiple features or bug fixes simultaneously — you can have agents working on different branches in parallel. Solo developers who want to experiment with AI-assisted coding without complex setup will also find it practical.