Overview
Quilt
Runtime and control plane for containers, orchestration, serverless functions, and Kubernetes-style workflows.
Quickstart
First API calls in minutes.
Mental Model
Core nouns: containers, operations, snapshots, workloads.
Authentication
Auth headers, health checks, and concern discovery.
Decision Rules
Pick the right Quilt surface for the job.
Platform Areas
Runtime
Containers, OCI images, exec jobs, and operations.
State
Snapshots, forks, environment variables, and volumes.
Access
Networking, terminals, GUI access, and ICC messaging.
Orchestration
Elasticity, clusters, nodes, workloads, and placements.
Tooling
quiltc CLI and GPU passthrough.
Serverless
Event-driven compute without long-lived containers.