The Gateway is the quiet background service underneath DevThrottle. It keeps every agent running and reachable when the Director window is closed, when you log out, when you walk away. It is what lets you check in from the Cockpit or your phone.
A coding agent can run for an hour. Close its terminal or the Director window and that work is gone. The Gateway makes sure that never happens - the agents keep going in the background, on the same machine, whether or not you are watching.
The Gateway keeps agents working in the background long after you have closed the app or stepped away from the desk.
The Cockpit and the mobile app reach your agents through the Gateway. No Gateway, no checking in from another room or the road.
It installs with the rest of DevThrottle in one wizard and runs as a background service. There is nothing to start, watch, or maintain.
One honest limit: the Gateway runs on your machine, so it keeps your agents running and reachable only while that machine is powered on and online. Put the computer to sleep or shut it down and the agents pause until it wakes.
Self-hosting is included and always will be. For people who would rather not leave a computer on at home, a Hosted Gateway keeps yours online around the clock - managed for you, reachable anywhere.
| Self-hosted (included) | Hosted Gateway | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | On a computer you keep on | Managed for you |
| Reachable | While that computer is awake and online | Around the clock, from anywhere |
| Phone and browser | Reach your agents while the host is on | Reach your agents anytime |
| Updates and upkeep | You maintain the host | Handled for you |
| Worker machines | Run the agents, on your hardware | Run the agents, on your hardware |
| Switch back | — | To self-hosting anytime |
| Cost | Included with the app | Pro at the $29 / month founding price ($49 list) — wingman brain and dictation included |
Either way, your worker machines still run the agents on your own hardware and need to be online while their agents are working — the Gateway is the piece that stays reachable. A Pro subscription keeps your Gateway online and includes the AI; Pro self-host gives you the same AI on a gateway you run yourself.
You will rarely think about the Gateway - which is the point. It does the unglamorous work that makes everything else possible.
Close the Director window, log out of your desktop session, walk away - the Gateway keeps every agent alive and working in the background, as long as the machine it runs on stays powered on.
It is what lets the Cockpit and your phone find your agents. While it is running, the Gateway holds the connection open so you can check in from another room or the road.
A crashed terminal or a closed Director window no longer kills a long-running job. The work keeps going and is right there when you come back.
It runs as a background service and asks nothing of you. Set it up once in the wizard and forget it is there.
The Gateway is why the Cockpit works from any browser and why your agents are in your pocket with voice. The Director is the view; the Gateway is what keeps it all alive underneath.
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