Coder

Run Coder now

curl -L https://coder.com/install.sh | sh

What Coder does

Coder creates remote development machines so you can develop your code from anywhere. #coder

Note: Coder is in an alpha state, but any serious bugs are P1 for us so please report them.

Code more

• Build and test faster
  • Leveraging cloud CPUs, RAM, network speeds, etc.
• Access your environment from any place on any client (even an iPad)
• Onboard instantly then stay up to date continuously

Manage less

• Ensure your entire team is using the same tools and resources
  • Rollout critical updates to your developers with one command
• Automatically shut down expensive cloud resources
• Keep your source code and data behind your firewall

Installing Coder

There are a few ways to install Coder: install script (macOS, Linux), docker-compose, or manually via the latest release (macOS, Windows, and Linux).

If you use the install script, you can preview what occurs during the install process:

curl -fsSL https://coder.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --dry-run

To install, run:

curl -fsSL https://coder.com/install.sh | sh

Once installed, you can run a temporary deployment in dev mode (all data is in-memory and destroyed on exit):

coder server --dev

Use coder --help to get a complete list of flags and environment variables.

Creating your first template and workspace

In a new terminal window, run the following to copy a sample template:

coder templates init

Follow the CLI instructions to modify and create the template specific for your usage (e.g., a template to Develop in Linux on Google Cloud).

Create a workspace using your template:

coder create --template="yourTemplate" <workspaceName>

Connect to your workspace via SSH:

coder ssh <workspaceName>

Modifying templates

You can edit the Terraform template using a sample template:

coder templates init
cd gcp-linux/
vim main.tf
coder templates update gcp-linux

Documentation

Visit our docs here.

Community

Join the community on Discord and Twitter #coder!

Suggest improvements and report problems

Comparison

Please file an issue if any information is out of date. Also refer to: What Coder is not.

Tool	Type	Delivery Model	Cost	Environments
Coder	Platform	OSS + Self-Managed	Pay your cloud	All Terraform resources, all clouds, multi-architecture: Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64
code-server	Web IDE	OSS + Self-Managed	Pay your cloud	Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64
Coder (Classic)	Platform	Self-Managed	Pay your cloud + license fees	Kubernetes Linux Containers
GitHub Codespaces	Platform	SaaS	2x Azure Compute	Linux containers

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As of 5/27/22

Contributing

Read the contributing docs.

Find our list of contributors here.