Ember is the open-source coding agent — Claude Code and Codex — that runs on a warm micro-VM inside your own AWS account. Hand it a repo and a task, walk away, and resume from any device. Your code, your keys, your bill, your model. Nothing leaves your account.
One handoff, three devices, zero babysitting. The build keeps burning while you're somewhere better than your chair.
Point Ember at a repo and describe the work. It clones, plans, codes, builds, and opens a PR — server-side on a per-session micro-VM. Or port a live local Claude Code / Codex session straight up.
laptop → cloudThe session keeps running on an Amazon Bedrock AgentCore micro-VM with a persistent EFS workspace — banked and warm in your own account. Go outside. The loop doesn't need you.
your VPC · warmOpen a deep link on the web or your phone — same workspace, same context, still running. Course-correct over lunch, tap "ship it," then pull the grown session back home at night.
web · phone → homeSame capability as Claude Code on the web or OpenAI Codex + Ona — minus the part where your source, secrets, and audit logs land in a vendor's account.
| Claude Code on the webAnthropic-managed | OpenAI Codex + OnaOpenAI-managed (acq. Gitpod) | Emberruns in your account | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the agent runs | Anthropic cloud | OpenAI cloud | Your AWS account |
| Model choice | Claude only | OpenAI only | Claude · Codex · Bedrock |
| Does your code leave your account? | Yes | Yes | No |
| Who pays the LLM bill | Vendor subscription | Vendor subscription | Your plan ($0 marginal) or Bedrock |
| Audit logs & spend | In the vendor's system | In the vendor's system | Your CloudWatch / CloudTrail |
| Self-host / open source | No | No | MIT, one command |
Every session maps to a real warm/idle/cold state — it isn't a metaphor we bolted on, it's the mechanic. Close the lid and the embers hold their heat; reopen on any device and it flares straight back.
The core is MIT and stands up in your account in an afternoon. The enterprise tier adds the controls a security review asks for.
Everything you need to run agentic coding in your own AWS account. One command, idempotent install.
The hardening path for company-wide rollout. Built to clear a platform/security review.
Stand Ember up in your own account, fire a task, and close the lid. Your fire's still warm.