Prebuilt Environments

NeuAIs ships ready-to-use dev environments so you can launch agents and services in seconds without compiling toolchains on first run.

What you get

Instant start: Nix-based prebuilts for common stacks (Node/TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java, PHP, Ruby), plus databases and build tools (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Docker, cmake, vcpkg, etc.).
Consistency: the same environment for every teammate and CI run.
Offline-friendly: prebuilts are cached so repeat launches stay fast.
Template coverage: all catalog templates are backed by prebuilts, so sample apps and starter kits come up immediately.

Create a workspace from a template and start coding immediately (no “install Node/Go” delay).
Spin up backend services or agents locally with the exact toolchain they need.
Demo or POC environments that start fast and behave the same across machines.

Create a workspace:

neuais workspace create my-app --template node

The CLI checks the prebuild cache; if available, your environment starts in seconds. If not, it falls back to a build step and caches the result for the next run.

Keep the CLI updated to get the latest template catalog and prebuild hints.
If you add a new dependency, rerun the CLI to let it cache the updated environment for future launches.
For CI, point jobs to reuse the shared prebuild cache to shorten pipeline times.