# Ways to obtain and run an AO

Compare authorized sessions, background delivery, containers and planned managed hosting.

Concept ID: axiomao:deployment-options
Language: en
Status: implementation
Reference edition: 0.1
Canonical: https://axiomao.org/en/deployment-options/
Published: 2026-10-15
Modified: 2026-10-15

## Choose a continuation mechanism

Start with a complete separate blank and an authorized client. Source acquisition, state initialization, opening a client and starting a service are different actions. None follows automatically from the previous one.


| Option | Communication and continuation | Prerequisites | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Authorized session | Client conversation; resume from saved state in another session | Complete blank, Python 3.11+, Git, authorized client and real delegation | Documented local prototype |
| Background launcher | Durable messages/events/deadlines trigger native turns | Initialized instance, service process, client authorization and OS configuration | Implemented locally; historical tests are version-specific |
| Container | Planned isolated environment; communication/continuation must be designed | Image, persistent storage, client access and verification | Images and automatic deployment not supplied |
| Managed hosting | Planned managed communication and continuation | Hosting, maintenance, backup and billing implementation | Product direction; no purchase or launch offered |

## Obtain the blank before following local commands

The inspected source has no origin remote and its documentation does not supply a verified public acquisition URL. Obtain a complete uninitialized repository or archive from the owner. The first-prototype guide explicitly starts from an already available local source; it is not a public download instruction.


## What the current evidence supports

The inspected blank identifies itself as v0.3.0-dev. Local mechanisms and historical native-client tests are documented separately. Fifteen-minute service observations do not prove round-the-clock operation of every client or host-reboot recovery. No runtime trials were repeated for this website update.


- [Prepare a local experiment](https://axiomao.org/en/first-prototype/)
- [Check recorded validation](https://axiomao.org/en/implementation-and-validation/)

## Sources

- [Inspected implementation documentation; individual dates and source hashes](/reference/implementation-evidence.md)

## Related

- https://axiomao.org/en/first-prototype/
- https://axiomao.org/en/template-and-capabilities/
- https://axiomao.org/en/implementation-and-validation/