Orchard

Spec sheet

Purpose

Orchard is a self-hosted cloud development environment that provisions ready-to-code workspaces from Git repositories.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Product

Orchard is a self-hosted collaborative development environment that provisions development workspaces from Git repositories.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

API

The getting-started guide links to API documentation and says the API server starts on port 8080.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Integrations

The documented stack includes Docker and Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, QEMU, Git repositories, devcontainers, and AWS EC2.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

License

The project is open source under the Apache License 2.0.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Additional environment format

The site describes Devfile support as an alternative to devcontainers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Authentication

Authentication is disabled by default; production deployments can enable OAuth2 and validate JWTs from an OAuth2-compatible identity provider.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

CLI

Trowel is Orchard's command-line tool for planting and managing groves.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Cloud providers

QEMU and AWS EC2 are available VM providers; GCP Compute and Azure VM are listed as planned.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Dev environments

It supports devcontainer.json and can use devfile.yaml or devfile.yml as a fallback environment specification.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Devcontainers

It supports devcontainer.json to define reproducible development environments.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Download verification

The guide instructs users to verify CLI downloads against SHA-256 checksums published on the release page.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Downloads

The guide links to downloadable server and CLI releases and documents Linux amd64 and arm64 binaries.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Editor access

Developers can connect to a ready grove over SSH, including through VS Code Remote SSH.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Editor connection

Developers can connect to remote environments using VS Code Remote SSH.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Infrastructure

The site lists Docker, Docker Compose, QEMU, and AWS EC2 as supported infrastructure tools or providers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Isolation

Each grove runs in an isolated VM, with QEMU as the default provider.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Notable limit

The CLI commands to stop and start a grove are documented as coming soon; the API can perform those actions meanwhile.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Operating systems

The guide gives QEMU installation instructions for Linux and macOS and says macOS uses HVF acceleration.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Pricing

The pages reviewed do not state a price, subscription plan, or trial offer.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Requirements

The listed minimum self-hosting requirements are 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB disk, Java 25+, and Docker 24.0+.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Security caveat

The maker warns that with OAuth2 disabled, anyone who can reach the API can act as any cultivator by sending an arbitrary cultivator ID.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Server requirements

The getting-started guide uses Docker Compose for PostgreSQL and devcontainer management and QEMU to provision isolated VMs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Supported architectures

The self-hosting guide lists linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 as fully supported and macOS/arm64 as supported when built from source.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Web dashboard

Canopy is a web-based dashboard for managing groves, environments, and team settings.Read 9 Oct 2026 · orchardcde.org

Web interface and CLI

Canopy provides a browser dashboard, and Trowel is Orchard’s CLI for managing groves.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

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