You can now self-host orbs for free, says Thorsten Ball
HankYeomans · x · 2026-10-22
Thorsten Ball announced that orbs can now be self-hosted, free for individuals and teams, letting developers run the workflow entirely inside their own infrastructure. Sourcegraph CEO Quinn Slack amplified the news with "It's orbin' time, in your own infra."
For teams that care about data privacy and control, hosted-only workflows around orbs can now move fully on-prem.
Related event: OrbStack Opens Self-Hosting for orbs, Free for Individuals and Teams(2 posts)→
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