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Hosted Backend

The Nimbus hosted backend runs the full pipeline on Railway — no local setup required for execution.

What's hosted

ComponentDetails
APIFastAPI on Railway, available at api.get-nimbus.com
Vector storeChromaDB on a persistent Railway volume
WorkspacesEphemeral containers per task, auto-cleaned after completion
DatabaseSQLite (tasks, repos, keys, automations, skills)

Using the hosted backend

Pass --backend to any nimbus run command:

nimbus run "add rate limiting to the API" \
--backend https://api.get-nimbus.com \
--api-key $NIMBUS_API_KEY

Or set the environment variable:

export NIMBUS_BACKEND=https://api.get-nimbus.com
export NIMBUS_API_KEY=nim-...
nimbus run "add rate limiting to the API"

Pricing

TierTasks / monthPrice
Free10$0
ProUnlimitedContact us

The free tier is fully functional — same models, same pipeline, same integrations.

Interactive docs

The full OpenAPI spec is available at:

https://api.get-nimbus.com/docs

Getting started

  1. Generate an API key — see API Keys
  2. Run your first hosted task — see Getting Started