Twenty founder seats, free forever
By Salvatore Castellitti, developer of CodeMote · 28 July 2026
CodeMote is in a closed beta of exactly twenty founder seats, and every one
of them is free forever. Here is how that works and why it is shaped this
way.
Why twenty
CodeMote is built by one developer. At this stage, the constraint on making
the product better is not traffic, it is the quality of feedback per user.
Twenty people who genuinely run their day through the product (real
projects, real agents, real "this broke at the worst moment" reports) teach
me more than five thousand signups ever could. Small on purpose, for now.
What a founder seat is
A founder seat is the whole product, not a trial tier:
requests, running against machines you own.
sub-agent transcripts; Codex and Cursor are coming), notes, and standing
jobs.
"Forever" means forever: when the paid Pro tier opens for everyone who
arrives later, founder seats stay free. That is the deal for being early
and for telling me what hurts.
What I ask in return
Use it for real work, and complain loudly. The most valuable thing a
founder can send me is a specific annoyance: the pairing step that took two
tries, the terminal that didn't feel native, the agent approval you wished
you could grant faster. The product is shaped by that list.
How to claim one
The landing page shows how many seats are left; claiming one takes a
sign-in and a minute of setup. If the counter says sold out, the same page
takes a notify address for the Pro opening. And if you want to see what
you'd be getting first, connect a machine: the whole loop, from
npx codemote-cli start to a live workspace, fits in about a minute.