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Orbit turns the machines you own into an always-on network for developing and hosting your applications. Your agent operates it through the CLI or MCP, and you steer. These pages describe how Orbit works today.

Quickstart

Bootstrap a Gateway, add a Node, and serve a Project on its own domain.

Mission

What Orbit is for, where it stops, and the principles behind every decision.

Architecture

The components, how they trust each other, and the paths between them.

Concepts

The core terms every part of Orbit shares.

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Where to go next

Applications

Create an Instance, configure its runtime, and give it a domain.

Fleet

Add Nodes, assign roles, and keep the fleet healthy.

CLI reference

Every command, with its arguments, options, and guards.
To change Orbit itself, start with your first contribution, then follow the contributor guide.