--- title: "Try a public repo without an account" description: "Run a public repository's tests in a trial box that lives for an hour, with no account." order: 8 verified: cli: "0.0.0-mock" date: "2026-10-20" --- Run `vakna try `: Vakna clones the repo into a trial box, installs it through its proxy cache and runs its tests. ## How do I run a repo's tests without signing up? ```sh $ vakna try github.com/acme/api ``` ```prints trial box acme-api · no account · lives 60 min created acme-api · started in 0.41s · cold boot cloned acme/api through Vakna's proxy · 214 files 1.80s ran npm ci through the proxy cache 6.07s 48 passed, 0 failed ran npm test · exit 0 31.90s receipt sbx_eu1a_a1b2c3d4 mocked ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── started in 0.41s · cold boot ran npm test · exit 0 31.90s wall clock 46.80s cost trial, you paid nothing keep this box: vakna claim acme-api # a trial box lives 60 min ``` ## How do I keep the trial box? A trial box lives for 60 minutes. Claim it to keep it. ```sh $ vakna try github.com/acme/api $ vakna claim acme-api ``` ```prints trial box acme-api · no account · lives 60 min created acme-api · started in 0.41s · cold boot cloned acme/api through Vakna's proxy · 214 files 1.80s ran npm ci through the proxy cache 6.07s 48 passed, 0 failed ran npm test · exit 0 31.90s receipt sbx_eu1a_a1b2c3d4 mocked ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── started in 0.41s · cold boot ran npm test · exit 0 31.90s wall clock 46.80s cost trial, you paid nothing keep this box: vakna claim acme-api # a trial box lives 60 min sign in to keep acme-api: https://vakna.com/claim/sbx_eu1a_a1b2c3d4 ```