For technical teams

Build the system your operation needs.

Norbital is a workspace-driven platform for operational apps. You author in Pod source — collections, apps, automations, remotes, and policies — and Core hosts it: tenant apps, Workspace Studio, immutable checkpoints, and Agent under the same ACLs. These docs explain the Pod authoring SDK and how Core builds, versions, and runs your workspace.

Pod defines the workspace; Core runs it

Pod is the code-first authoring SDK. Core is the managed platform that turns that source into a live, versioned operational system. Shipped starter workspaces are listed on the templates page.

What you build

Collections — domain tables and behavior in collections/ (plus built-in system collections like user, team)
Hooks, pipelines & integrations — server logic declared on collections
Automations — scheduled background jobs
Apps — Svelte pages for operators
Live data — the Pod sync engine keeps reads instant and reactive against a local replica
Remote functions — typed server endpoints
Policies — grants assigned to teams, with optional approval gates

How Core carries it into production

Core stores source, runs sandboxed builds, provisions per-tenant databases, and gives operators access through Workspace Studio and Agent. See Deployment for how a workspace goes live.

Recommended path for builders

@norbital-ai/pod
Workspace source
Quick Start
Sync engine — live reads and optimistic writes
Collections · System collections
Form system · Navigation state
Hooks & pipelines
Apps
Policies & Approvals
Core platform — when hosting on Norbital cloud