DevSpace

DevSpace is a self-hosted MCP server for developers who want ChatGPT or Claude to work directly in projects on their own machine. It gives a connected assistant access to selected folders and the local terminal, so it can make code changes and check them against the project's actual tools.

The server runs locally. ChatGPT connects over the internet through an HTTPS tunnel you control, with password approval for the connection. Project files and command execution stay on your machine, while the connected AI service can read workspace content through the tools you expose. You choose which project folders it may open; access within a workspace includes shell execution.

An assistant can read and edit files, search a repository, and run tests, builds or Git commands. Isolated Git worktrees let parallel coding sessions work in separate checkouts. DevSpace can also delegate tasks to coding agents you select as subagents, and you can use it from coding agents without a ChatGPT connection.

It follows project guidance in AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md and discovers skills in local skill folders. In ChatGPT Apps-compatible hosts, tool cards and optional change summaries show what the assistant did.

DevSpace is open source under the MIT license. It runs on Linux and macOS, plus Windows with a Bash-compatible environment such as Git Bash or WSL. Its local runtime requires Node.js, npm, Git and Bash; Windows with only PowerShell or cmd.exe isn't supported.