> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.machine0.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Images

## System images

| Image                   | Description                                             |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `nixos-25-11-loaded`    | NixOS 25.11 + modern shell and dev tools                |
| `nixos-25-11-openclaw`  | NixOS 25.11 + OpenClaw                                  |
| `nixos-25-11-hermes`    | NixOS 25.11 + Hermes                                    |
| `nixos-25-11`           | NixOS 25.11 (minimal)                                   |
| `ubuntu-24-04-loaded`   | Ubuntu 24.04 + modern shell and dev tools. **Default.** |
| `ubuntu-24-04-openclaw` | Ubuntu 24.04 + OpenClaw                                 |
| `ubuntu-24-04-hermes`   | Ubuntu 24.04 + Hermes                                   |
| `ubuntu-24-04`          | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (minimal)                              |

NixOS images are built with [Nix Flakes](https://github.com/fdmtl/machine0-nixos) and Ubuntu images with [Ansible Playbooks](https://github.com/fdmtl/machine0-ubuntu)
GPU sizes auto-select the appropriate GPU image.

## Custom images

Snapshot any VM into a reusable image:

```bash theme={"theme":"css-variables"}
machine0 images new my-vm my-image
machine0 new clone --image my-image
```

Set a custom image as default:

```bash theme={"theme":"css-variables"}
machine0 config set DEFAULT_VM_IMAGE=my-image
```

## Versioning

Images support multiple versions. Snapshot the same image name again to create a new version. Promote any version to be the active one. See [CLI reference](/cli/images) and [MCP reference](/mcp/images).

## Billing

$0.078/GB/month based on disk size, $0.01 minimum per image. See [Pricing](/introduction/pricing).