Coder
Secure environments for developers and their agents observed · 2026-10-18
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1.0
- age_days: 1763
- days_rel: 11
- days_push: 3
- n_releases_24m: 173
Adoption not part of the score
17074 stars · 1637 forks observed · 2026-10-18
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.97
code-server is an open‑source server that runs Visual Studio Code in a web browser. It enables self‑hosted, cloud‑based development environments accessible from anywhere.
Use cases
- Develop code remotely using VS Code in a web browser
- Provide secure, self‑hosted development workspaces for teams
- Run AI coding agents inside isolated development environments
- Enable consistent development environments across multiple machines
- Integrate with CI/CD pipelines to spin up temporary IDE instances
When to choose
- You need a browser‑based VS Code experience without relying on third‑party services
- Your organization requires self‑hosted, controlled development environments
- You want to run custom AI agents or extensions in isolated workspaces
- You need to support remote developers on diverse operating systems
When to avoid
- You prefer a fully managed cloud IDE with zero infrastructure maintenance
- Your workflow depends on heavy desktop‑only extensions that are not compatible with the web version
- You need native OS integration features unavailable in a browser environment
Facets
application · maturity active
http-server web-framework cli web-development developer-tools cloud-computing windows cloud self-hosted browser browser-ide remote-development vscode self-hosted-workspaces ai-agent-integration linux macos docker kubernetes
9 sources
- homepage: https://coder.com · fetched 2026-09-07 · 83bc491a628d
- site_page: https://coder.com/docs · fetched 2026-09-07 · bb01ef2a9c3d
- site_page: https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/workspace-access/vscode · fetched 2026-09-07 · 2b1bc63a90fd
- site_page: https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/workspace-access/jetbrains · fetched 2026-09-07 · a13be3ebbe7a
- site_page: https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/workspace-access/cursor · fetched 2026-09-07 · 25e275fc5fe5
- site_page: https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/workspace-access/devin-desktop · fetched 2026-09-07 · 117f1af1a9bd
- site_page: https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/devcontainers · fetched 2026-09-07 · db7ef12a3f33
- site_page: https://coder.com/pricing · fetched 2026-09-07 · cad18e52cc6a
- site_page: https://coder.com/changelog · fetched 2026-09-07 · 94f961a9c845
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| coder/coder | main | 95 |
| coder/code-server | main | 95 |
| coder/awesome-coder | docs | 76 |
| coder/vscode-coder | plugin | 98 |
| coder/registry | plugin | 83 |
| coder/terraform-provider-coder | infra | 98 |
For agents
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