Available from October 1st 2026, Bob On-Premises deploys the AI inference layer on your own Red Hat OpenShift cluster. The IDE experience is unchanged; only the backend moves inside your perimeter. Air-gap compatible.
This is the answer to the question I hear from every bank, insurer, and government customer: “Can Bob see our source code?” With On-Premises: no. Your RPG programs, COBOL, and business logic never leave the network.
The architecture made possible by the July 2026 decoupled design: IDE layer and inference layer are now fully separable. The IBM i AppMod lab below runs identically against a self-hosted backend.