Changelog

New CLI versions arrive with kiste self-update. New Kiste images are announced by kiste list, and kiste update applies them; see Update a Kiste.

2026-10-06

Platform

• Automatic checkpoints. Every Kiste is checkpointed every five minutes when its disk changed, and when it stops, restarts, is forked or deleted. Checkpoints are encrypted and kept off-site in two EU locations, and restore on demand. See Checkpoints and snapshots.
• Kiste Stream. Published ports live at their own address under kiste.stream, as separate sites with their own cookies. See Kiste Stream.
• Desktop at desktop.kiste.run. Desktop links are reusable, account-bound and expire after one hour by default; several viewers can watch one desktop.
• Device keys. Every computer you sign in on gets its own SSH key, and every Kiste accepts all of them.
• Account. Self-service data export and account deletion.
• Status page at kiste.run/status.
• Documentation at docs.kiste.run.

CLI 0.1.1

• The full command set as kiste and kst: Kisten, SSH, files, forwarding, desktop links, Kiste Stream, snapshots, images, environments, commands, coding agents, credentials, API keys.
• --output human|json|ndjson, stable exit codes and registered error codes with request IDs.
• Plain ssh NAME.kiste works after kiste login.
• Signed releases: the installer and self-update verify the release signature and refuse an older release served as a newer one.
• Shell completions that know your Kisten by name.

The complete list is in the CLI reference.