> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://4d4ad57-opencomputer.manicule.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
> For every page in one file, fetch https://4d4ad57-opencomputer.manicule.dev/llms-full.txt (large).
> To search and read these docs as tools, connect the MCP server at https://4d4ad57-opencomputer.manicule.dev/api/mcp.
> Every agent surface: https://4d4ad57-opencomputer.manicule.dev/.well-known/llms-manifest.json

# What is OpenComputer (/getting-started/introduction)

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Related: [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart.md), [Architecture](/getting-started/architecture.md), [Develop locally](/getting-started/local-development.md), [Serverless Agents client](/reference/typescript-sdk/agents.md)

> Turn any VM into a multiplayer coding agent

OpenComputer turns any VM into a multiplayer coding agent.

## Why move coding agents off your laptop

A lot of us outgrow our local machines, for a few reasons:

* **RAM.** Our agents run parallel builds, and preview environments run locally too.
* **Context overload.** We become meat proxies, copy-pasting between our agents and Slack.
* **The rest of the team.** We want nontechnical teammates to ship features and fixes alongside us.

All of these are easy to solve by moving to multiplayer coding in the cloud.

## Where you use it

OpenComputer targets first-class support for Slack. You can also work with it from the web dashboard, the API and the CLI.

## Start small, scale later

Get started on a single VM. When you need more, scale out to multiple VMs; sessions stay portable between them.