Containers *→* New container # Containers Choose an available Linux image, set a name and create your workspace. The image is chosen when you create it. Base image - Ubuntu 24.04 - Debian 12 with Node.js - Alpine with Python Available images and resource limits depend on your [plan](https://zerolog.ch/docs/plans). ## Build in your workspace - `apt install` - Compile - Run a database - Start a service Install packages, compile code, run a database or start a service inside your workspace. [Your isolated workspace](https://zerolog.ch/docs/isolation) ## It outlives the chat Files persist across restarts and across chats. **The container is the durable thing; a chat is not.** Attach a container to a chat so the AI works there. Attach the same container to several chats and they share one filesystem. *Chat* *Chat* *Chat* *Restart* One filesystem *Chats attach and end above it, the restart passes behind it, and the files stay where they are.* A sketch of the relationship, not a timeline. ## Open in editor Press **Open in editor** in the container overview or in the chat context bar. ZeroLog starts the web editor, which takes about 8 seconds, and opens it in a new tab. The editor comes with Mini and higher. On Free the app points you to the [plans](https://zerolog.ch/docs/plans). ## Pause when idle Pause a container while it is idle. *Kept* **The disk** *Freed* **The slot** ## Snapshots Save a known-good state before a risky change. Known-good state The risky change What each plan includes, with current prices: [Pricing](https://zerolog.ch/pricing).