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# Introduction to Daytona

> Secure and elastic infrastructure for running your AI-generated code

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## Run AI code. Secure and elastic infrastructure for running your AI-generated code.

Daytona provides lightning-fast, isolated sandbox environments for executing AI-generated code with zero risk to your infrastructure. Create sandboxes in under 90ms, execute code securely, and scale with massive parallelization.

## Key features

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  <Card title="Lightning-fast infrastructure" icon="bolt">
    Sub-90ms sandbox creation from code to execution
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  <Card title="Separated & isolated runtime" icon="shield-halved">
    Execute AI-generated code with zero risk to your infrastructure
  </Card>

  <Card title="Programmatic control" icon="code">
    File, Git, LSP, and Execute API for complete sandbox control
  </Card>

  <Card title="Unlimited persistence" icon="infinity">
    Your sandboxes can live forever with auto-archive and auto-delete options
  </Card>

  <Card title="OCI/Docker compatibility" icon="docker">
    Use any OCI/Docker image to create a sandbox
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  <Card title="Massive parallelization" icon="diagram-project">
    Fork sandbox filesystem and memory state for concurrent AI workflows (coming soon)
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## Get started in minutes

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Get to a working sandbox in under 5 minutes
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  <Card title="Installation" icon="download" href="/installation">
    Install the SDK for Python, TypeScript, Go, or Ruby
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  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/authentication">
    Set up your API key and configure the SDK
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## Use cases

Daytona is perfect for:

* **AI agents**: Execute AI-generated code safely in isolated environments
* **Code interpreters**: Run user-submitted code without security risks
* **CI/CD pipelines**: Create ephemeral build environments
* **Developer environments**: Spin up consistent development sandboxes
* **Educational platforms**: Provide students with isolated coding environments

## Community and support

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  <Card title="Join our Slack" icon="slack" href="https://go.daytona.io/slack">
    Get help from the community and Daytona team
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  <Card title="GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona">
    Report bugs, request features, and contribute
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