
Stakpak
Open-source operations agent that keeps applications healthy on infrastructure you control.
About Stakpak
Stakpak is an open-source operations agent that runs on your own machines and keeps applications running through a persistent autopilot process. After installation, stakpak init discovers the stack and creates APPS.md; stakpak up starts autonomous operation, while the terminal interface and status command keep engineers in control. It handles incident recovery, infrastructure cost monitoring, and preventive maintenance for expiring certificates, secrets, deprecated APIs, and end-of-life runtimes. Safeguards for production use include the Warden network sandbox with Cedar policies, substitution of more than 210 secret types before model calls, local and centralized session audit options, and backups before changes. Teams can bring their own model keys on every plan or use the unified LLM Gateway on paid tiers. Pricing scales by managed applications: an always-free open-source tier is followed by Hacker at $15 per month for 3 apps, Builder at $45 per month for 10 apps, Team at $450 per month for 50 apps, and a custom Enterprise tier for unlimited apps. This fits teams that want an agent operating inside their environment, but adoption includes running a persistent system service, configuring permissions and integrations, and accounting for app limits, included gateway credits, and top-up fees.
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Best use cases
A health check fails overnight, prompting investigation, service recovery, validation, and a channel summary.
A daily infrastructure scan identifies idle cloud resources and turns them into a quantified savings report.
A certificate, secret, API, or runtime approaches expiry or end of life and is handled before disruption.
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Unlike a conventional coding agent, Stakpak is positioned for ongoing production operations and incident response.
Unlike a hosted PaaS workflow, its open-source binary runs on machines controlled by the adopting team.
The free tier relies on user-supplied keys or local models, while paid tiers add a unified gateway, included credits, and application limits.
Features
Automatic incident recovery
Run continuous health checks, investigate failures, restart affected services, confirm recovery, and report the result to a messaging channel.
Cloud cost watchdog
Scan for idle infrastructure such as unused RDS instances and orphaned EBS volumes, then compile a concrete savings report.
Preventive maintenance
Track expiring TLS certificates, secrets, deprecated APIs, and end-of-life runtimes so corrective work can happen before an outage.
Pros
- Runs on infrastructure you control and is open source under the Apache 2.0 license.
- Automates concrete production work including recovery, cost scans, and preventive maintenance.
- Supports user-supplied model keys on every tier, reducing dependence on the bundled gateway.
Cons
- Requires installation and operation of a persistent system service on your own machines.
- Paid tiers cap managed applications and charge $5 per extra app on Builder and Team.
- Gateway credit top-ups carry fees of 10% on Hacker and Team and 7% on Builder.
Pricing Plans
Open Source
- 100% open source under Apache 2.0
- Bring your own keys for all providers or run models locally
- Curated agent skills and Warden network sandbox
- Automatic redaction for 210+ secret types
- Slack, Telegram, and Discord per-agent configuration
- Local session audit logs in SQLite
Hacker
- Everything in Open Source
- 3 apps on autopilot
- LLM Gateway with Claude, GPT, Gemini, and more through one wallet
- $10 in credits each month
- 10% fee on credit top-ups
- Private skills, watch triggers, and centralized memory and audit logs
Builder
- Everything in Hacker
- 10 apps on autopilot
- $35 in credits each month
- 7% fee on credit top-ups
- $5 per extra app each month
- More credits with lower top-up fees
Team
- Everything in Builder
- 50 apps on autopilot
- $350 in shared credits each month
- Unlimited users
- Shared team memory and private skills
- Admin dashboard, centralized billing, Slack integration, SSO, and priority support
- $5 per extra app each month
Enterprise
- Everything in Team
- Unlimited apps on autopilot
- Volume discounts available
- Self-hosting support
- Custom Warden guardrail policies
- Dedicated support and onboarding
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Stakpak's official website.