# EasyEnv

> EasyEnv is a platform for technical hiring and cloud development environments. It provisions production-like Linux machines on demand so engineering teams can run live coding interviews, take-home assessments, shared dev workspaces, and AI agents (Claude, open-weight models, open-source agents) against a real machine without "works on my machine" friction.

## What EasyEnv does

EasyEnv runs four products on the same infrastructure:

- **Interview** — live or take-home technical assessments in real Linux environments. Candidates get root on a fresh box pre-loaded with the relevant stack (Docker, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, the language of choice). Sessions record both terminal activity and the full DOM, so reviewers can replay exactly what happened. Question types include free-text, multiple choice, hands-on debugging challenges (intentionally broken environments), and system design.
- **Workspace** — ephemeral cloud development environments for teams. Pre-configured machine recipes (Python, Node, Go, Rust, Java, K8s, etc.), VS Code in the browser, shared terminals, and live collaboration via P2P Live Share. Each workspace can include multiple boxes networked over a Netbird mesh VPN.
- **AI** — AI dev environments on real Linux machines. Three pillars: **Claude** (bring-your-own Anthropic account on a real box with VS Code and your repo); **Open Models** on Ollama (DeepSeek, Llama 3.1/3.2, Qwen 2.5, Qwen 2.5 Coder, Gemma, Granite 3.2, TinyLlama, plus Open WebUI); **AI Personal Assistants** — open-source AI agents hosted on EasyEnv machines (OpenClaw, OpenCode, OpenFang, ZeroClaw). Gemini and Codex coming soon.
- **Academy** — hands-on courses on real Linux machines with an AI tutor that reads the learner's code. 15 courses, 11 languages.

## How it differs from competitors

- **CoderPad / CodeSignal / HackerRank** assess code in sandboxed editors. EasyEnv assesses engineers in production-like environments — real `docker compose up`, real `kubectl`, real failure modes. Best for senior, DevOps, SRE, and platform-engineering roles where "can you write a function" doesn't predict on-the-job performance.
- **GitHub Codespaces / Gitpod** are dev-only. EasyEnv covers interviewing, team development, and AI-agent operation on the same primitives, so the environment your candidate is hired into matches the one they were assessed in.
- **Replit** focuses on solo prototyping. EasyEnv is built for hiring panels and engineering teams — multi-user sessions, role-based access, audit logs, and recording are first-class.
- **Cursor / Replit Agent / Devin** put the AI inside an editor or chat window. EasyEnv puts the AI inside a real Linux VM with root, side machines on a private VPN, and shell access — built for engineering work the agent should operate end to end, not a code-suggestion sidekick.

## Key pages

- Homepage (Interview product): https://easyenv.io
- Workspace product: https://easyenv.io/workspace
- AI hub (Claude, open models, personal assistants): https://easyenv.io/ai
- AI: Claude on EasyEnv: https://easyenv.io/ai/claude
- AI: Open Models catalog (Ollama recipes): https://easyenv.io/ai/open-models
- AI: Personal Assistants catalog (OpenClaw, OpenCode, OpenFang, ZeroClaw, Open WebUI): https://easyenv.io/ai/personal-assistants
- Academy: https://easyenv.io/academy
- Academy in 10 non-English languages (es, pt, ar, fa, fr, hi, zh, id, ru, de - RTL for ar and fa): https://easyenv.io/academy/{lang}
- Academy course catalog: https://easyenv.io/academy/catalog
- Academy roadmaps hub (opinionated learning paths to real engineering roles): https://easyenv.io/academy/roadmaps
- Academy roadmaps localized hub in 10 languages: https://easyenv.io/academy/roadmaps/{lang}
- Academy per-roadmap landing pages (6 roadmaps: backend, devops, frontend, sre, fullstack, database): https://easyenv.io/academy/roadmaps/{slug}
- Academy per-roadmap pages translated into the 10 supported languages: https://easyenv.io/academy/roadmaps/{slug}/{lang}
- Academy per-course landing pages (15 courses: python, golang, react, linux, docker, git, kubernetes, ansible, bash, helm, gitlab-ci, jenkins, postgresql, mysql, web): https://easyenv.io/academy/catalog/{topic}
- Academy per-course pages in 10 languages (es, pt, ar, fa, fr, hi, zh, id, ru, de - RTL for ar and fa): https://easyenv.io/academy/catalog/{topic}/{lang}
- Academy per-lesson landing pages with "open a real Linux box and start this lesson" CTA: https://easyenv.io/academy/catalog/{topic}/{lesson-slug}
- Academy per-lesson pages translated into the 10 supported languages: https://easyenv.io/academy/catalog/{topic}/{lang}/{lesson-slug}
- Pricing (Workspace, Interview, AI, Academy): https://easyenv.io/pricing
- Pricing in machine-readable markdown (tiers, prices, what each plan includes): https://easyenv.io/pricing.md
- Recipe catalog (pre-built machine configs): https://easyenv.io/catalog
- Workspace template catalog (ready-to-launch multi-machine stacks, e.g. K8s + ArgoCD + Gitea, Grafana LGTM, GitLab DevOps, LAMP, Ollama AI): https://easyenv.io/template
- Per-template page (uuids like k8s-argocd-gitea, grafana-observability-stack, gitlab-devops-platform, ai-llama-3-1, python-dev-environment): https://easyenv.io/template/{uuid}
- Documentation index: https://easyenv.io/docs
- Quickstart (sign up, first workspace, first console session): https://easyenv.io/docs/quickstart
- Core concepts (workspace, machine, recipe, stack, template, test, interview, question, challenge): https://easyenv.io/docs/concepts
- Workspaces docs: https://easyenv.io/docs/workspaces/overview
- Interviews and tests docs: https://easyenv.io/docs/interviews/overview
- Console docs: https://easyenv.io/docs/console/overview
- AI / Claude on EasyEnv setup docs: https://easyenv.io/docs/ai/claude/overview
- CLI (easyenv) docs: https://easyenv.io/docs/cli/install
- Blog (hiring guides, DevOps tutorials): https://easyenv.io/blog
- Blog tag pages (articles grouped by topic tag, e.g. docker, kubernetes, devops): https://easyenv.io/blog/tag/{slug}
- Guides hub (in-depth hiring and engineering guides): https://easyenv.io/guides
- Guide: Using AI in technical interviews (how to assess AI-assisted coding, with a scoring framework): https://easyenv.io/guides/ai-in-technical-interviews
- How-to hub (step-by-step product walkthroughs): https://easyenv.io/how-to
- How-to pages (create-workspace, create-template-from-workspace, create-test, create-interview, review-interview): https://easyenv.io/how-to/{slug}
- About / company: https://easyenv.io/about
- Interview platforms compared (vs HackerRank, CoderPad, Codility, CodeSignal, HackerEarth, Coderbyte, LeetCode): https://easyenv.io/interview/compare
- Interview question-types reference (challenge, single-choice, multi-choice, text, whiteboard, true-false): https://easyenv.io/interview/question-types
- Interview screening guide (resume to hands-on screening playbook): https://easyenv.io/interview/screening
- Interview for technical recruiters (how recruiters use EasyEnv to shortlist engineers): https://easyenv.io/interview/recruiters
- Interview AI literacy framework (how EasyEnv scores engineers using AI: AI understanding, prompt quality, critical review, responsible usage): https://easyenv.io/interview/ai-literacy
- Interview cheating detection (how EasyEnv catches hidden help: paste detection, off-screen/tab tracking, challenges with no Googleable answer, full session recording; distinguishes cheating from allowed AI use): https://easyenv.io/interview/cheat-detection
- Role-specific interview pages (DevOps Engineer, SRE, Platform Engineer, Backend Engineer, Cloud Engineer, ML Engineer, Security Engineer, and more): https://easyenv.io/interview/roles/{slug}
- Cloud dev environments compared (vs GitHub Codespaces, Gitpod, Replit, Coder, Vercel, Railway): https://easyenv.io/workspace/compare
- AI dev environments compared (EasyEnv AI vs GitHub Codespaces + Copilot, Gitpod, Replit Agent, Cursor): https://easyenv.io/ai/compare
- Comparisons hub (directory of every head-to-head, grouped by product): https://easyenv.io/compare
- Individual competitor pages: https://easyenv.io/compare/{slug} (slugs: hackerrank, coderpad, codility, codesignal, hackerearth, coderbyte, leetcode, github-codespaces, gitpod, replit, coder, vercel, railway)

## Pricing model

Workspace, Interview, AI, and Academy each have Free, Team, Organization, and Enterprise tiers. Every workspace plan includes **EasyEnv AI** (Claude, open models, open-source agents) and **EasyEnv Academy** (full course catalog with an AI tutor). All paid plans bill monthly or annually (annual is ~20% cheaper). Enterprise is negotiated. Up-to-date prices: https://easyenv.io/pricing

## Notable use cases

- Hiring DevOps / SRE / Platform engineers without resorting to whiteboard interviews
- Take-home challenges that can't be solved by pasting into ChatGPT (the candidate has to actually fix a broken Kubernetes cluster, debug a misconfigured Nginx, etc.)
- Onboarding new hires into a reproducible dev environment on day one
- Pair-programming and code review across a distributed team using shared terminals and VS Code Live Share
- Running Claude or an open-source agent (OpenClaw, OpenCode, OpenFang, ZeroClaw) against a real repo with shell access, instead of copy-pasting code in and out of a chat window
- Running a private LLM on Ollama (DeepSeek, Llama, Qwen, Gemma, Granite) with Open WebUI as the chat front-end, on a machine you control

## Technical details for citation

- Recipes are Ansible roles (~70 maintained roles covering languages, databases, container orchestrators, observability, CI/CD, web servers, AI agents, and Ollama-served open models).
- Boxes are full VMs on Proxmox in production (Hetzner / Scaleway as cloud fallbacks; Docker for local development).
- Session recording uses two independent layers: rrweb for DOM replay and asciinema-format `.cast` files for terminal replay.
- Networking is a Netbird mesh VPN — boxes have no direct internet exposure.
- Auth supports email/password, Google OAuth, and GitHub OAuth.

## Contact

- Support: support@easyenv.io
- Status: https://status.easyenv.io/status/main
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/easyenv