Understanding the workspace
The editor, terminal, and always-live preview where your app runs.
Each app gets a workspace: a real container running a real dev server, with a code editor, a terminal, and a live preview. The preview is never covered while the agent works — you see the app appear as it is built.
- Workspaces sleep after a few minutes of inactivity and wake in about a minute when you return. Sleeping costs nothing.
- You can edit any file yourself; the agent continues from whatever state the code is in.
- Checkpoints let you roll the workspace back if a change goes the wrong way.
- Export to GitHub or download the project at any time — the code is yours.
A workspace is where you build. It is not your public site — visitors only ever see the app after you deploy it. See Deploying & hosting.
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