AI DevBox v1.3.0: a GPU-ready Docker image with coding-agent CLIs

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-09-26 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, LLMOps, Deployment & Monitoring, Programming & ML Foundations · Level: intermediate

Summary

The creator released version 1.3.0 of AI DevBox, his Docker image for machine-learning work. It comes with PyTorch 2.8, CUDA 12.8, JupyterLab and several coding-agent command-line tools already installed, and this version adds the Devin CLI. It has been tested on RunPod GPU cloud machines.

Key points

• Download it with: docker pull melvindave/ai-devbox:1.3.0
• Already installed: PyTorch 2.8 with CUDA 12.8, so it is GPU-ready.
• Includes JupyterLab for notebook work.
• Includes these coding-agent CLIs: Codex, Claude Code, Pi, Grok, Cursor, and now Devin (new in v1.3.0).
• Tested on RunPod GPU instances, so it suits rented-GPU ML work.
• A prebuilt image saves you from setting up CUDA and tools by hand on every new GPU machine.

Resources mentioned

• ai-devbox (melvindave/ai-devbox) · tool · hub.docker.com · free
  The creator's Docker image with PyTorch, CUDA, JupyterLab and coding-agent CLIs already installed, for ML work.
  Also in: Docker image with coding agents pre-installed on a CUDA + PyTorch base (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), GPU-Ready AI Devbox Docker Image on Runpod (PyTorch 2.8 + CUDA 12.8) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• Devin CLI · tool · docs.devin.ai · check price
  Command-line version of the Devin AI coding agent, used in the terminal.
  Also in: Using Devin CLI with the free SWE-2 model for sysadmin tasks (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Pointer: Subagents in Devin CLI (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• PyTorch · tool · pytorch.org · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Deep-learning framework. Its built-in scaled dot-product attention (SDP) was the baseline in this benchmark.
  Also in: Step-by-Step Roadmap to a $200K+ AI Engineering Role (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), Wannabe vs $200K+ AI Engineer: RAG, Agents, Context and Fine-Tuning Mistakes (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), Docker image with coding agents pre-installed on a CUDA + PyTorch base (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Software Engineer to AI Engineer: Job Boards, Stack, Projects and Learning Sites (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes) and 5 more
• CUDA · tool · developer.nvidia.com · free
  NVIDIA's GPU computing platform, needed for GPU-accelerated deep learning.
  Also in: GPU-Ready AI Devbox Docker Image on Runpod (PyTorch 2.8 + CUDA 12.8) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Reusable GPU devbox: PyTorch/CUDA plus six coding agents (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Jensen Huang on NVIDIA's Long-Term Commitment to Open Nemotron Models (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• Jupyter Notebook · tool · jupyter.org · free
  An interactive notebook format (.ipynb) that mixes code and output. Colab can open these files.
  Also in: Run Local Models on a Free GPU with Google Colab (T4) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Q&A Over Your Own PDFs with LlamaIndex, OpenAI and Python (2023) (Melvin Vivas on melvinvivas.com · notes)
• OpenAI Codex · tool · openai.com · paid
  OpenAI's coding agent. In the diagram it writes code, fixes review findings and drives the build loop. The creator also used it to make this video.
  Also in: An agent bot that installs and drives Codex on its own (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Asking a Coder bot to install Codex (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Codex Cloud Environments Must Be Saved & Published Before Use (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 240 more
• Claude Code · tool · code.claude.com · paid · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Build agents and pipelines from the terminal; the guide's main agentic coding tool.
  Also in: Create Claude Code Plugins with /plugin-authoring (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Claude Code mods: customize behavior and UI with plugins (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AI Engineer Roadmap Overview: From ML Foundations to RAG, Agents & Ops (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), SkillsBento: Free Plugin Marketplace for Codex and Claude Code (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 101 more
• Pi · tool · x.com · free
  A customizable coding agent that can be extended through its Extensions API and connected to several model providers.
  Also in: Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Pi reaches v1.0 (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Claude Code mods: customize behavior and UI with plugins (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Customizing Your Coding Setup with Pi Coding Agent Extensions (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 39 more
• Grok CLI · tool · github.com · free
  A coding-agent CLI that uses xAI's Grok models.
• Cursor · tool · x.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  AI-native code editor (VS Code with AI built in).
  Also in: GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash now in Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Grok Bot Can Now Hand Off Coding Tasks to Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Assistants (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Agents (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 121 more
• Runpod · tool · x.com · paid
  GPU cloud platform for running, training and serving AI models; Flash deploys workloads to it.
  Also in: Why LLM data agents need solid data foundations (Runpod) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Docker image with coding agents pre-installed on a CUDA + PyTorch base (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), GPU devbox Docker image with coding agents on Runpod (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), GPU-Ready AI Devbox Docker Image on Runpod (PyTorch 2.8 + CUDA 12.8) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 5 more

Try this

• Run docker pull melvindave/ai-devbox:1.3.0 to get the image.
• Use the image on a GPU cloud service such as RunPod for ML work.
• Build your own Docker image with your ML stack and coding-agent tools, so any new GPU machine is ready right away.