# Run Aider on a Remote MicroVM (Not Just Your Laptop)

> Run Aider on jurniti: Firecracker microVM, BYOK, paid plans, 30-day money-back. No free trial.

- Published: 2026-07-29 · Updated: 2026-07-29 · jurniti
- Canonical: https://www.jurniti.com/blog/aider-on-a-microvm

Aider is a terminal pair-programmer that edits your repo from the CLI. Search demand for "Aider hosting" is near zero in US Google Ads data (2026-07-26), so this page targets **operational intent**: run Aider somewhere that keeps going when your laptop sleeps, with isolation that a shared multi-tenant box will not give you.

jurniti’s Aider harness is a paid Firecracker microVM. BYOK model keys. No free trial.

## Why remote Aider exists as a product problem

Local Aider is great until:

- The laptop sleeps mid-refactor
- You need a stable long-running environment
- You refuse to put customer code next to other tenants’ processes

Those are isolation and always-on problems — not “does Aider work?” problems.

## What jurniti provisions

You pick Aider at the product landing or checkout. jurniti boots a microVM with the harness install path, exposes the terminal surface, and leaves credentials to you.

Provision is on the order of **minutes**, not a single boot metric as the whole story.

## BYOK and money

Bring your own model API keys. jurniti does not mark up tokens in v1.

No free trial. No free tier. First purchase: **30-day money-back guarantee**.

## Aider on jurniti vs laptop-only

| | Laptop Aider | jurniti Aider microVM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Survives sleep | No | Yes |
| Tenant isolation | Your machine only | Firecracker boundary |
| Price | Free software + your API bill | Paid plan + your API bill |

## Fit

**Fit** if you already like Aider and need always-on isolated compute.

**Not fit** if you only want a free weekend experiment and will not pay for a real box.

## Start

Open [/aider](/aider). Pick a paid plan. Provision. Export keys. Run your first repo task on the microVM.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Aider on jurniti?

Aider runs as a jurniti harness on a paid Firecracker microVM with BYOK credentials.

### Is there a free trial?

No free trial or free tier. First purchase includes a 30-day money-back guarantee.

### Will this rank for hosting keywords?

Many harness hosting terms have near-zero US search volume. This page targets operational/navigational intent and product completeness.

### Whose keys?

Yours (BYOK). No token markup in v1.

### Where do I start?

Use /aider or /pricing, then provision.