REFERENCE / GLOSSARY
Glossary
Terms to use correctly in front of a customer.
| Term | Meaning | Source |
|---|---|---|
| exe.dev | The service and the SSH/HTTPS control endpoint (ssh exe.dev, POST https://exe.dev/exec) | https://exe.dev/docs/api |
| exe.xyz | The domain VMs live on: vmname.exe.xyz | https://exe.dev/docs/proxy |
| Lobby | The main exe.dev server, located in the US for all accounts | https://exe.dev/docs/regions |
| VM | A KVM-isolated virtual machine with its own disk and port 80 | https://exe.dev/docs/enterprise |
| exeuntu | The default container image VMs boot from | https://exe.dev/docs/customization |
| Pool | vCPU and memory reserved in one region, shared by the VMs in it | https://exe.dev/docs/pools |
| Member pool | A per-member pool created on first new, under vm-placement member-pool | https://exe.dev/docs/pools |
| Standalone VM / sandbox | A VM with its own reserved capacity, metered by the second | https://exe.dev/docs/standalone-vms |
| Unit / unit-hour | 2 vCPU + 4 GiB; $0.105 per unit-hour | https://exe.dev/docs/billing/usage |
| Allowance | Included disk and outbound bandwidth per plan or pool | https://exe.dev/docs/billing/usage |
| Core-sharing | Team VMs sharing a physical core’s hyperthreads; can be turned off | https://exe.dev/docs/teams/vms |
| Proxy | The TLS proxy that routes HTTPS on SNI and Host and enforces auth | https://exe.dev/docs/architecture |
| Web share / Root share | Access to the VM’s HTTP proxy vs SSH access to the VM | https://exe.dev/docs/sharing |
| Share link | A link that grants access to anyone who opens it; revoke with share remove-link | https://exe.dev/docs/sharing |
| Login with exe | Using proxy auth headers (X-ExeDev-Email, X-ExeDev-UserID) as your app’s login | https://exe.dev/docs/login-with-exe |
| Integration | An edge-injected credential behind an *.int.exe.xyz hostname | https://exe.dev/docs/integrations |
| Attach spec | vm:<name>, tag:<tag>, auto:all | https://exe.dev/docs/integrations-attach |
| Reflection | An integration that lets a VM read its own metadata | https://exe.dev/docs/integrations-reflection |
| WIF | Workload identity federation: the VM mints short-lived OIDC tokens for AWS/GCP and others | https://exe.dev/docs/integrations-aws-wif |
| Egress policy | integrations or all, per VM | https://exe.dev/docs/internet-access |
| exe0 / exe1 token | A locally signed token, and its short server-side handle | https://exe.dev/docs/https-api-local-key |
cmds, exp, nbf, ctx | HTTPS API token permission fields | https://exe.dev/docs/https-api |
| VM-scoped key | An SSH key limited to one VM (ssh-key add --vm=) | https://exe.dev/docs/vm-scoped-ssh-keys |
| Shelley | exe.dev’s web-based coding agent on port 9999 | https://exe.dev/docs/shelley/intro |
| Generation | Shelley’s compacted conversation segment | https://exe.dev/docs/shelley/unique |
| LLM gateway | exe.dev’s managed model access behind llm.int.exe.xyz | https://exe.dev/docs/shelley/llm-gateway |
| GUTS | Go + SQLite monolith default stack | https://exe.dev/docs/guts |
| Single-tenant | Enterprise hosts no other customer shares | https://exe.dev/docs/enterprise-single-tenant |
| BYOC | Bring your own cloud: hosts in your account or rack | https://exe.dev/docs/enterprise-byoc |
| Suggest link | exe.dev/suggest?command= for agents to hand off an action for human approval | https://exe.dev/docs/suggest-links |
| Repo button | exe.dev/new?repo= one-click VM + Shelley + clone | https://exe.dev/docs/repo-buttons |