Try It Online
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Try It Online, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Try It Online's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Web app is free of charge |
The facts
Each one read from Try It Online's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- TioTests documentation identifies a TIO backend URL with an API endpoint for running tests.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- TIO began as a place to host solutions to Code Golf puzzles and can also be used to try and share code snippets.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Donations and infrastructure
- The site describes donations to help cover server costs and says TIO is powered by DigitalOcean.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Execution security
- The setup documentation says user-supplied code runs on arena servers in a SELinux sandbox.checked 12 Oct 2026
- How it works
- Users choose a language, enter code, and run it in a sandboxed environment; results are returned to the browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The site says languages and features are added by request.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile
- The site says TIO works well on mobile devices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable deployment limit
- The maker says its Docker image disables SELinux and should only be used offline because exposing it to untrusted networks is unsafe.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The software that powers TIO is open source under the MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The web app is ad-free and does not use tracking cookies or third-party analytics scripts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- TIO is a family of online interpreters for practical and recreational programming languages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The maker publishes setup instructions for running a new TIO instance.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- Users can create client-side permalinks that encode code and input in the URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sharing controls
- link_accesschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- Users can request features, report bugs, or ask questions through the listed community channels or by email.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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