New tool2026-11-11via Product HuntAI Coding Tools for Developers

Offstage Cloud

Name: Offstage Cloud
Author: offstage (company details not published)

Offstage Cloud rents on-demand macOS sandboxes on Mac Studio M5 Max machines to AI agents and GitHub Actions jobs, with Xcode, Swift and the iOS Simulator ready, billed per second at $1.10 an hour.

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Paid (usage-based)ProprietaryHosted service / API; GitHub Actions runnerby offstage (company details not published) (unverified)

Why it matters

For developers whose coding agents or CI run on Linux but need a Mac to build, test or drive macOS apps, without renting a whole Mac for a 24-hour minimum.

Highlights

Each sandbox runs macOS 27 with Xcode 27.2 on Apple silicon; agents can build and test, open Mac apps and take screenshots, or carry out a goal on their own desktop.
Agent setup: create an API key, then point Claude Code, Codex or Cursor at the hosted SKILL.md to configure it.
CI: connect GitHub and set runs-on to offstage-macos; each job gets a fresh macOS sandbox.
Limits per team are 4 open sandboxes and 4 running CI jobs (extra jobs queue); up to 8 sandboxes share one Mac Studio M5 Max (18 CPU cores, 36 GB memory) with no fixed allocation.
The site publishes a price comparison (checked Nov 7, 2026) against GitHub Actions, Namespace, Blacksmith, Scaleway, AWS and Daytona, and notes it has no matched build-speed benchmark.

Taken from the project's own README, docs or launch page. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: Your agent keeps stalling on 'I need a Mac to run these Swift tests' or your macOS CI minutes are eating your GitHub bill.

Worth knowing: Sandboxes share CPU and memory on one machine, so build times vary with other load. Giving an agent a remote desktop and API key means it can act there on its own; scope keys accordingly.

Quick facts

Pricing	$1.10/hour, billed per second, no minimum; accounts start with $5 free credit; prepaid credit by card
Free or paid	Paid (usage-based)
License	Proprietary
Language	Hosted service / API; GitHub Actions runner
Platform	macOS sandboxes in the cloud; works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and GitHub Actions
GitHub stars	n/a (not a GitHub project)
Maker	offstage (company details not published)not verified

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