Overview
Cloudflare OS is an open-source workspace that combines company-aware AI agents, AI-generated applications called Gadgets, and Gatekeepers that mediate access to external services. It is built on Cloudflare Workers and Durable Objects with isolation and capability-based access as core design goals.
Features and best fit
Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:
Give agents company context and explicit resource introductions
Users can ask agents to perform work and introduce only the external resources that a task or Gadget should be allowed to access.
Sources: [2]
Run Gadgets in per-user sandboxes
AI-generated applications run in isolated environments and can be shared for collaboration while remaining governed by the workspace security model.
Sources: [2]
Useful for organizations building their own AI workspace
It fits teams that want to customize agents, internal applications, and access controls instead of adopting a fixed SaaS workspace unchanged.
Sources: [2]
Evaluate it as early access and design production deployment separately
The README labels v2 as early access and says the local run path is not a production deployment. External-service Gatekeepers also require service-specific setup such as OAuth credentials.
Official sources
- [1]cloudflare/cloudflare-os repository(2026-09-21)
- [2]Cloudflare OS README(2026-09-21)
- [3]Cloudflare OS deployment flow(2026-09-21)
- [4]Cloudflare OS deployment starter(2026-09-21)
- [5]Cloudflare OS Apache-2.0 license(2026-09-21)
Supplemental curator note
Cloudflare OS is not a conventional desktop operating system; it is a company AI workspace for agents and small applications. The README labels the August 2026 v2 release as early access, and `pnpm run-local` is explicitly for evaluation rather than production. Gatekeepers that connect external services also require service-specific configuration such as OAuth credentials.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Clone the repository
Clone the official repository to evaluate the early-access Cloudflare OS v2 locally.
git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-os && cd cloudflare-os - 2
Prepare pnpm dependencies
Enable pnpm in the Node.js environment and install the workspace dependencies.
corepack enable && pnpm install - 3
Start the local evaluation environment
Open http://localhost:8787 and try Gadgets and agents. The README explicitly says this local path is not a production deployment.
pnpm run-local
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- 10,020
- Forks
- 1,222
- Watchers
- 40
- Open issues
- 74
- Contributors
- 21
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Repository last updated
- Sep 20, 2026
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