// install and pricing

Hosted, or in your own cloud.

The same Infrared runs everywhere. What differs is who runs the control plane.

Infrared 0.1 is an open beta: it needs no license through November 30, 2026. Agent runs spend on your org's own Anthropic key, and every run tells you what it cost.

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// three ways to run it

Pick where it lives.

	hosted	gke	eks
who runs infrared	darkshift	you, in your Google Cloud project	you, in your AWS account
where it lives	infrared.darkshift.io	a GKE cluster from our template	an EKS cluster from our template
good for	starting today, with nothing to operate	production on Google Cloud	production on AWS
how you start	ask us for an org: private beta, by invitation	`ir install`	`ir install`
the story	you built an app · a small team	a team inside a big org · the enterprise	a team inside a big org · the enterprise

Wherever Infrared runs, it can deploy to workload clusters in your own clouds: GKE or EKS clusters it builds for you, or any cluster you register by its kubeconfig, Linode included.

// self-hosted

One command, then gitops.

You write one install file, run ir install, and finish in the setup wizard, or let --setup --wait take it all the way. From then on, Infrared manages its own configuration, your clusters and your Products through a gitops repo that Argo CD syncs.

terminal

# one command, then gitops from there on$ ir install --context gke-prod -f infrared.yaml --setup --wait✓ operator, api, ui and mcp on the management cluster✓ forge connected: a GitHub App or Gitea, no personal tokens✓ gitops repo hydrated from the template✓ argo cd synced, infrared adopted$ _

Access to the chart and imagesDuring 0.1 they're published to darkshift's registries; we give your install pull access, and the ir CLI, when you start.

A forgeYour GitHub organization through a GitHub App the setup wizard creates, or Gitea on the management cluster.

A model keyEach org sets its own Anthropic API key. darkshift never sees your code through ours.

A domainA domain on Cloudflare, so your Products and the control plane get addresses.

the install guides →

// pricing

Free during the open beta.

Infrared 0.1 needs no license through November 30, 2026, self-hosted or hosted, and the hosted control plane bills nothing until then. After the open beta, a self-hosted install runs on a license from darkshift: without one, new agent steps and promotions to production wait, and everything else keeps running. Pricing for what comes after the beta is set with our design partners first.

Open betaNo license needed through November 30, 2026.Design partnersShape the pricing and the roadmap with us.Talk to usQuestions about running Infrared in your environment.

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Ask us for an org on the hosted control plane, or for access to install your own. We'll help with the first Change either way.

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