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Daytona vs Miller Dev Shell

Daytona focuses on provisioning any infrastructure, while DevShell only configures the local shell environment.
DaytonaSet up a development environment on any infrastructure, with a single command.Miller Dev ShellSave 30+ hours configuring your development environment

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What it is
Daytona:Daytona is an open-source dev environment manager that creates secure, elastic sandboxes for code and AI agent execution.
Miller Dev Shell:DevShell provides reproducible one-command scripts to set up a modern dev terminal on macOS and Windows WSL.
Best for
Daytona:Self-hosted sandbox environments
Miller Dev Shell:One-command cross-platform dev shell setup
Who it’s for
Daytona:Developers and teams needing isolated, reproducible environments for any infrastructure.
Miller Dev Shell:Developers who want a ready-to-code shell environment on Mac and Windows.
Pricing
Daytona:Open source
Miller Dev Shell:Paid
Open source
Daytona:Yes, 71,707 GitHub stars
Miller Dev Shell:Yes, 52 GitHub stars
Works with
Daytona:Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, Java
Miller Dev Shell:Homebrew, zsh, antigen, VSCode, git, npm, fzf, exa
DevHunt upvotes
Daytona:339
Miller Dev Shell:13
Launched on DevHunt
Daytona:May 2024
Miller Dev Shell:Jan 2023

Daytona features

  • Sandboxes. Isolated full composable computers that spin up in under 90 ms and retain state.
  • Agent tools. Programmatic APIs and SDKs for code execution, filesystem ops, and lifecycle management.
  • Human tools. Dashboard, web terminal, SSH and VNC access for interactive sessions.
  • Platform controls. Governance, API keys, audit logs and OpenTelemetry for organizations.
  • System tools. Hooks, webhooks and network limits for custom lifecycle events.
  • Multi-language SDKs. Client libraries for Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go and Java.
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Miller Dev Shell features

  • Cross-platform package install. Installs Homebrew packages on macOS or apt packages on Windows WSL automatically.
  • VSCode auto-configuration. Installs VSCode, applies sensible settings and adds common extensions like ESLint and Prettier.
  • Global git & npm config. Sets up git ignores, aliases, npmrc and detects tools like Flutter, .NET and Miniconda.
  • Modern terminal tools. Provides exa, bat, fzf and Pure prompt with custom fonts for a productive CLI.
  • Repository cloning. Clones your listed repositories during the initial setup.
  • Source code access. Purchasers receive the full GitHub repo to modify scripts as needed.
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