Open Machine at the foot of the sidebar. On the left, a card shows your machine's state, what it costs per hour, and live CPU, memory and storage use over the last 15 minutes. On the right are cards for SSH, backups and resetting.

ToolsMachineSettings

Running

Up for 1d 7h 37m · $0.028/hr

Pause

CPUs

18% used2

Memory

3.9 GB used8 GB

Storage

16 GB used50 GB

2s live · 10s background · 15m history

Edit specs

SSH

Allow SSH from this Mac

Command

ssh cube-swift-otter

Host

cube-swift-otter

Hostname

swift-otter.vm.cube.fast

Port

22022

User

node

Key

~/.ssh/cube_ed25519

Key (PEM)

~/.ssh/cube_ed25519.pem

Backup

Your files Download files

View exclusions

Reset

Start overDeletes all files and creates a fresh machine.Reset machine…

Start and pauseCopy Anchor Link

Choose Pause when you don't need your machine. Cube asks first: running processes stop, and your saved files stay. Choose Start to bring it back; you need at least $1 of credit.

While your machine is paused, Studio and Tools are veiled and offer Start machine, and its apps are stopped.

Change its specsCopy Anchor Link

Choose Edit specs, or Configure machine if it hasn't been set up yet, and move the sliders:

A cost card appears as you go, with the new price, your current one, your credit, and how long it will last at the new rate. Choose Apply to save.

ToolsMachineSettings

Running

Up for 1d 7h 37m · $0.028/hr

Pause

CPUs

2 → 4

246810121416

Memory

8 GB → 16 GB

4 GB32 GB64 GB96 GB128 GB

Storage

50 GB → 100 GB

10 GB100 GB200 GB300 GB400 GB500 GB

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Cost

per hour

$0.056

Current $0.028

per day

$1.35

per month

$41.00

CPU 29%RAM 59%SSD 12%

$25.00 account creditManage billing

18d 13h 8m remaining

SSH

Allow SSH from this Mac

Command

ssh cube-swift-otter

Host

cube-swift-otter

Hostname

swift-otter.vm.cube.fast

Port

22022

User

node

Key

~/.ssh/cube_ed25519

Key (PEM)

~/.ssh/cube_ed25519.pem

• A running machine restarts to apply the change: confirm Restart and apply. Running processes stop; your files stay.
• A paused machine stays paused with its new specs until you choose Start.
• Shrinking storage copies your files to a smaller drive, which can take a while. Cube asks you to confirm with Resize SSD.

UpdateCopy Anchor Link

When a new version of the machine is out, choose Update Cube. Your files, repositories and sign-ins are kept; running commands stop.

Back up your filesCopy Anchor Link

While your machine is running, Download files saves an archive of it to your Mac. Choose Your files, which skips caches and node_modules, or All persistent files.

Start overCopy Anchor Link

Reset machine… deletes every file and creates a fresh machine. Type RESET CLOUD to confirm. Download a backup first if there's anything you want to keep.