v0 generates an app from a prompt. Coshell is a team building on a real codebase, together.

v0 is one of the fastest ways to turn a prompt into an interface and ship it on Vercel. Coshell is a different thing: the shared *live session* where your whole team and one agent build on the codebase you already have.

Start free

Generate UI vs build together

v0 is great at prompt to UIVercel's v0 turns a prompt into polished React, Next.js, Tailwind, and shadcn UI, and increasingly full-stack apps. For frontend and prototypes, it is one of the fastest ways to go from idea to interface.

We are a different shapeCoshell is not a UI generator. It is the shared live session a whole team works in, with one agent, on the codebase you already have.

Generate, then build togetherThe two fit together: generate an interface with v0, then build and maintain the real app as a team.

v0 turns one person's prompt into a generated app.

Coshell puts a whole team in one live session with one agent, on your real code.

AOrders dashboard for acme-webARate limiter rolloutADev server on the VMDProject pending statusOCount to 120

Open

Orders dashboard for acme-web

feat/orders TRLF

Add the orders overview to the dashboard: revenue today, order count, and average order value, then the recent orders table.Priya Nair

Explored4 reads

EditOrdersDashboard.jsx /src/pages/+77−0

Editindex.css /src/+33−0

Overview is in with the three stat cards and the recent orders table. Live on http://localhost:5173.

2 Changed files+110 −0

src/pages/OrdersDashboard.jsx+77−0

src/index.css+33−0

Can the stat cards stretch to equal height? The average order card is shorter than the others.Lena Fischer

Editindex.css /src/+4−1

Cards stretch now. The grid uses align-items: stretch and each delta line is pinned to the bottom with margin-top: auto.

Add a 7 day / 30 day toggle above the chart. Default to 7 days.Tom Reyes

EditOrdersDashboard.jsx /src/pages/+31−4

Shellbun test

Added the toggle. 30 days aggregates by week and the axis relabels. 8 tests pass.

Move the delta onto the card’s top row, right aligned against the label.Priya Nair

Editindex.css /src/+6−2

Delta sits on the top row now, right aligned, so the numbers line up down the column.

Use var(--brand) for the Export button, not a hardcoded hex.Tom Reyes

EditOrdersDashboard.jsx /src/pages/+1−1

1 prompt queuedClear queue

Lena FischerMake the Refunded pill amber. Red reads like an error.

Claude Sonnet 5

Rate limiter rollout

feat/rate-limit TR

Start the rate limiter plan. Token bucket per API key, 100 a minute.Priya Nair

Explored6 reads

EditrateLimit.ts /src/middleware/+64−0

Shellbun test

Token bucket middleware is in with 12 tests. Step 1 verified.

Keep the bucket in Redis, we run three replicas.Tom Reyes

EditrateLimit.ts /src/middleware/+22−9

Moved the bucket to Redis with a Lua script so the check is atomic across replicas. 14 passing. Steps 2 and 3 verified.

Execute step 4. Start with the webhooks route, I already reviewed the limiter.Lena Fischer

ReadrateLimit.ts

Editwebhooks.ts /src/routes/+14−2

Shellbun test

Webhooks now share the limiter. 16 passing. Marking step 4 verified and moving to the flag rollout.

Thinking

Claude Sonnet 5

Dev server on the VM

main TRLF

Start the dev server on this VM so the team can preview the orders dashboard.Priya Nair

Shellwhich node npm bun

Node.js isn’t installed on this VM, so I can’t start the dev server yet. I can install it with the system package manager and then run it. Want me to?

Yes, but use the LTS build, the API image pins Node 22.Lena Fischer

Understood, Node 22 LTS from NodeSource.

go ahead and install it and get the server started.Tom Reyes

Shellcat /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null | head -5; which apt-get

Shellsudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq nodejs npm

Shellnode --version && npm --version

Shellnpm install

Shellnpm run dev &

Server is running at http://localhost:5173/, Vite dev server ready in 284ms.

Big Pickle

Project pending status

feature/discounts LFTR

What is the status of the discounts branch?Tom Reyes

Shellgit log --oneline feature/discounts -8

Eight commits since main: the coupon model, the checkout hook, and a migration. No PR yet.

Do we have a written plan for the discounts work?Priya Nair

No. You have no PLAN, TODO, or roadmap file.

Your closest thing to a plan is .coshell/review/dod.md: integer cents, handled promises, no focused tests, no dead exports.

Draft one from the commits and the dod file, then open it in the Plan tab.Lena Fischer

Readdod.md

Editdiscounts.md /docs/plans/+48−0

Drafted docs/plans/discounts.md with five steps. It is waiting for approval in the Plan tab.

Muse Spark 1.3 Free

Count to 120

main LFTR

Quick sanity check on Big Pickle before we let it near the repo. Say hi.Tom Reyes

Hi. Big Pickle here, ready when you are.

Without using any tools, list the first ten primes.Priya Nair

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29.

Without using any tools, count from 1 to 120, one number per line, then stop.Lena Fischer

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Big Pickle

Chat2PlanDeep ReviewBrowserReview

Morning. Plan is approved, I’m starting the orders dashboard on acme-web.8:52

Tom Reyes8:55I’ll take the limiter then. Which drive?

office-mac-mini has Redis running, use that one.8:55

Lena Fischer9:10Back online. Anything blocked?

Tom Reyes9:11Nope. OrdersDashboard.jsx is Priya’s, limiter is mine, webhooks are free if you want them

Lena Fischer9:12Taking webhooks.

Lena the Refunded pill should be amber, not red. I queued a prompt for it9:30

Tom Reyes9:41Picking up rateLimit.ts for the webhooks route

Lena Fischer9:42Tom I already touched the 429 path there, check the overlap note before you push

Step 4 in the plan is mine, I’ll ping when the tests are green

Sounds good. I’ll review after, then we roll the flag.9:44

Rate limiter rolloutDetailsWorking

Spec approvedPlan approvedExecuting 3/5

Goal

Protect /v2 from bursty API keys without slowing normal traffic. One key should never be able to starve the others.

Approach

A token bucket per API key, 100 requests per minute, stored in Redis so all three replicas share state. Over-limit requests get a 429 with a Retry-After header. Ship behind the rate_limit_v2 flag and roll out gradually.

Constraints

No new dependencies beyond ioredis, which we already run.
p99 latency budget: +2 ms on the hot path.
Existing tests stay green at every step.

Verification

bun test after every step. Load test with 1k keys before the flag moves to 50%. Watch 429 rate and p99 in the dashboard for a day at 10%.

Steps

Token bucket middleware with testsVerified

Add

Redis-backed bucket, atomic across replicasVerified

Add

Retry-After header on 429 responsesVerified

Add

Apply the limiter to /v2/webhooksLena, in progress

Add

Roll out behind the rate_limit_v2 flagWaiting

Add

on step 5, Roll out behind the flag

Priya Nair2m

Roll out to 10% of keys first, then 50%. Add both as substeps.

Lena Fischernow

Agreed, updating the step before the agent gets there.

Deep Review

feat/orders against main

Run review

No review yet. Run one when the branch is ready.

Port 5173Port...ShareInspect

acme

DashboardOrdersCustomersSettings

Orders

Last 7 days · updated just now

Revenue today$18,420+12% vs last week

Orders342+8%

Average order$53.86−3%

Revenue, last 7 days7 days30 days

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

#10428Maya OseiPaid$128.40

#10427Theo LindqvistRefunded$64.00

#10426Ada MensahPaid$212.75

#10425Ravi ShankarPending$39.90

Tom

3 Changed files+112 −3

src/pages/OrdersDashboard.jsx+77−0

38 <div className="toolbar">

39+ <button className="btn">Filter</button>

40+ <button className="btn primary" style={{ background: '#5B4CF0' }}>

41+ Export

42 </div>

src/index.css+33−0

112+ .stat { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; border-radius: 10px; }

113+ .stat .delta.up { color: var(--ok); }

114+ .status.refunded { background: var(--danger-bg); }

src/App.jsx+2−3

3- import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'

3+ import { useState } from 'react'

18- <Summary />

18+ <Summary />

19+ <OrdersDashboard />

Orders dashboard for acme-web

acme-vm

feat/orders

Add the orders overview to the dashboard: revenue today, order count, and average order value, then the recent orders table.Priya Nair

Explored4 reads

EditOrdersDashboard.jsx /src/pages/+77−0

Editindex.css /src/+33−0

Overview is in with the three stat cards and the recent orders table. Live on http://localhost:5173.

2 Changed files+110 −0

src/pages/OrdersDashboard.jsx+77−0

src/index.css+33−0

Can the stat cards stretch to equal height? The average order card is shorter than the others.Lena Fischer

Editindex.css /src/+4−1

Cards stretch now. The grid uses align-items: stretch and each delta line is pinned to the bottom with margin-top: auto.

Add a 7 day / 30 day toggle above the chart. Default to 7 days.Tom Reyes

EditOrdersDashboard.jsx /src/pages/+31−4

Shellbun test

Added the toggle. 30 days aggregates by week and the axis relabels. 8 tests pass.

Move the delta onto the card’s top row, right aligned against the label.Priya Nair

Editindex.css /src/+6−2

Delta sits on the top row now, right aligned, so the numbers line up down the column.

Use var(--brand) for the Export button, not a hardcoded hex.Tom Reyes

EditOrdersDashboard.jsx /src/pages/+1−1

Claude Sonnet 5

ChatPlanReviewDeep reviewBrowserTerminal

Rate limiter rollout

office-mac-mini

feat/rate-limit

Start the rate limiter plan. Token bucket per API key, 100 a minute.Priya Nair

Explored6 reads

EditrateLimit.ts /src/middleware/+64−0

Shellbun test

Token bucket middleware is in with 12 tests. Step 1 verified.

Keep the bucket in Redis, we run three replicas.Tom Reyes

EditrateLimit.ts /src/middleware/+22−9

Moved the bucket to Redis with a Lua script so the check is atomic across replicas. 14 passing. Steps 2 and 3 verified.

Execute step 4. Start with the webhooks route, I already reviewed the limiter.Lena Fischer

ReadrateLimit.ts

Editwebhooks.ts /src/routes/+14−2

Shellbun test

Webhooks now share the limiter. 16 passing. Marking step 4 verified and moving to the flag rollout.

Thinking

Claude Sonnet 5

ChatPlanReviewDeep reviewTerminal

Dev server on the VM

acme-vm

main

Start the dev server on this VM so the team can preview the orders dashboard.Priya Nair

Shellwhich node npm bun

Node.js isn’t installed on this VM, so I can’t start the dev server yet. I can install it with the system package manager and then run it. Want me to?

Yes, but use the LTS build, the API image pins Node 22.Lena Fischer

Understood, Node 22 LTS from NodeSource.

go ahead and install it and get the server started.Tom Reyes

Shellcat /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null | head -5; which apt-get

Shellsudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y -qq nodejs npm

Shellnode --version && npm --version

Shellnpm install

Shellnpm run dev &

Server is running at http://localhost:5173/, Vite dev server ready in 284ms.

Big Pickle

ChatPlanReviewDeep reviewBrowserTerminal

Project pending status

office-mac-mini

feature/discounts

What is the status of the discounts branch?Tom Reyes

Shellgit log --oneline feature/discounts -8

Eight commits since main: the coupon model, the checkout hook, and a migration. No PR yet.

Do we have a written plan for the discounts work?Priya Nair

No. You have no PLAN, TODO, or roadmap file.

Your closest thing to a plan is .coshell/review/dod.md: integer cents, handled promises, no focused tests, no dead exports.

Draft one from the commits and the dod file, then open it in the Plan tab.Lena Fischer

Readdod.md

Editdiscounts.md /docs/plans/+48−0

Drafted docs/plans/discounts.md with five steps. It is waiting for approval in the Plan tab.

Muse Spark 1.3 Free

ChatPlanReviewDeep reviewTerminal

Count to 120

acme-vm

main

Quick sanity check on Big Pickle before we let it near the repo. Say hi.Tom Reyes

Hi. Big Pickle here, ready when you are.

Without using any tools, list the first ten primes.Priya Nair

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29.

Without using any tools, count from 1 to 120, one number per line, then stop.Lena Fischer

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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Thinking

Big Pickle

ChatPlanReviewDeep reviewTerminal

What Coshell adds for a team.

Not a UI generator, and not a per-seat tool. One shared live session your team works in together, on your own codebase, on your own keys. Every line below is running in production today.

A whole team on your existing codebase, not one person generating UI

v0 is built around one person prompting a generator and sharing the result. Coshell puts several people in one live session on the repository you already have, prompting one agent together, and pushing to your real git.

One price for the whole team

v0 is priced per seat and meters usage in credits. Coshell is free to self-host, no seats: run a drive on your own machine, your whole team in your org, unmetered. A ten-engineer team is one drive, not ten seats.

Bring your own keys across 70+ models

v0 runs on Vercel's own models, paid in credits. Coshell runs 70+ models on your own provider keys, scoped per drive, billed by your provider with no markup from us.

Your stack, not a deploy funnel

v0's center of gravity is generate in v0 and deploy on Vercel. Coshell runs your existing codebase and pushes to your own repositories, so your branching, review, CI, and hosting stay exactly as they are.

Coshell vs v0, side by side.

	v0	Coshell
Primary job	Generate UI and apps from prompts	A team co-drives one live agent on a real codebase
Collaboration	Share, view, and duplicate chats; no live co-editing of one session	Many people in one shared live session with one agent
Codebase fit	Generate in v0; can import a repo; Vercel-centric	Works on your existing repo; pushes to your real git
Pricing basis	Per seat, plus metered credits	Free to self-host, no seats
Team size	Priced per seat	Your whole team, one drive
Models	Vercel's own models, credit-metered	Bring your own keys, 70+ models
Hosting	Deploys to Vercel	Your own infrastructure and git
Best for	Fast frontend, prototypes, design to code	A team building and maintaining a real app together

Also compare

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Generate with v0. Build with your team on Coshell.

These are complementary. Generate a UI or a starting app with v0, then bring it into your repository and build and maintain it as a team in a Coshell drive: one agent, your own model keys, per drive not per seat, pushing to your real git.

How multiplayer works See the product Pricing, free to self-host

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Coshell vs v0, answered

Is Coshell a v0 alternative?

For a team building or maintaining a real codebase together, yes. They are different shapes, though: v0 is the fastest way to generate a UI or an app from a prompt and ship it on Vercel. Coshell is the shared live session where your whole team works with one agent on the repository you already have. Many people would use v0 to generate an interface and Coshell to build the real app as a team.

Can I use v0 and Coshell together?

Yes, and it is a natural pairing. Generate a UI or a starting app with v0, bring it into your repository, and then build and maintain it as a team in a Coshell drive, with one agent, on your own keys, pushing to your real git. v0 is great at the first interface; Coshell is where the team keeps building.

Can I bring my own model keys?

Yes, on every plan. Coshell runs 70+ models on your own provider keys, scoped per drive, billed by your provider. v0 runs on Vercel's own models, paid through credits.

Where does our code live?

In your own git. A Coshell drive runs your existing repository and pushes to the repositories you already use, so your branching, review, CI, and hosting stay as they are. With v0, projects live in v0 and Vercel by default, with GitHub import and export available.

Build with your team on your real codebase.

Start free

Open a drive in the browser, or attach from the CLI. Put your whole team and one agent in the same live session, on the code you already have.