code-server ·

code-server is VS Code running on a remote server, accessible through the browser.

Try it out:

docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 -v "$PWD:/home/coder/project" codercom/code-server

• Consistent environment: Code on your Chromebook, tablet, and laptop with a consistent dev environment. Develop more easily for Linux if you have a Windows or Mac and pick up where you left off when switching workstations.
• Server-powered: Take advantage of large cloud servers to speed up tests, compilations, downloads, and more. Preserve battery life when you're on the go since all intensive computation runs on your server.

VS Code

• See our VS Code readme for more information about how code-server and VS Code work together.

Getting Started

Requirements

• 64-bit host.
• At least 1GB of RAM.
• 2 cores or more are recommended (1 core works but not optimally).
• Secure connection over HTTPS or localhost (required for service workers and clipboard support).
• For Linux: GLIBC 2.17 or later and GLIBCXX 3.4.15 or later.
• Docker (for Docker versions of code-server).

Run over SSH

Use sshcode for a simple setup.

Docker

See the Docker one-liner mentioned above. Dockerfile is at /Dockerfile.

Digital Ocean

Binaries

1. Download a binary. (Linux and OS X supported. Windows coming soon)
2. Unpack the downloaded file then run the binary.
3. In your browser navigate to localhost:8080.

• For self-hosting and other information see doc/quickstart.md.
• For hosting on cloud platforms see doc/deploy.md.

Build

• VS Code prerequisites

yarn
yarn build
node build/out/entry.js # You can run the built JavaScript with Node.
yarn binary             # Or you can package it into a binary.

If changes are made to the patch and you've built previously you must manually reset VS Code then run yarn patch:apply.

Security

Authentication

By default code-server enables password authentication using a randomly generated password. You can set the PASSWORD environment variable to use your own instead or use --auth none to disable password authentication.

Do not expose code-server to the open internet without some form of authentication.

Encrypting traffic with HTTPS

If you aren't doing SSL termination elsewhere you can directly give code-server a certificate with code-server --cert followed by the path to your certificate. Additionally, you can use certificate keys with --cert-key followed by the path to your key. If you pass --cert without any path code-server will generate a self-signed certificate.

If code-server has been passed a certificate it will also respond to HTTPS requests and will redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS. Otherwise it will respond only to HTTP requests.

You can use Let's Encrypt to get an SSL certificate for free.

Do not expose code-server to the open internet without SSL, whether built-in or through a proxy.

Future

• Stay up to date! Get notified about new releases of code-server.
• Electron and Chrome OS applications to bridge the gap between local<->remote.

Telemetry

Use the --disable-telemetry flag to completely disable telemetry. We use the data collected to improve code-server.

Contributing

Development

• VS Code prerequisites

yarn
yarn watch # Visit http://localhost:8080 once completed.

If you run into issues about a different version of Node being used, try running npm rebuild in the VS Code directory.

If changes are made to the patch and you've built previously you must manually reset VS Code then run yarn patch:apply.

License

MIT

Enterprise

Visit our enterprise page for more information about our enterprise offering.

Commercialization

If you would like to commercialize code-server, please contact contact@coder.com.