Development Containers resource
A reference implementation for the specification that can create and configure a dev container from a devcontainer.json. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1589
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2914 stars · 445 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
An open specification (devcontainer.json) and supporting CLI, images, features, and templates for using containers as full-featured, reproducible development environments. It standardizes dev environment configuration so tools like VS Code, GitHub Codespaces, and CI systems can build and run consistent containerized coding environments.
Use cases
- set up a reproducible dev environment in a container
- share devcontainer.json configuration with my team
- run the same dev container locally and in CI
- preconfigure tools and runtimes for a codebase
- create dev container templates and features for a tech stack
- avoid works-on-my-machine environment issues
When to choose
- you want consistent, version-controlled development environments across a team
- you use VS Code, GitHub Codespaces, or other supporting editors
- you want local dev setup to match CI builds
- you need to share reusable container setup steps via features and templates
When to avoid
- you only need lightweight dependency management without containers
- your project cannot run in Linux-based containers
- you want fully orchestrated multi-service production deployments rather than dev environments
Facets
infra-config · maturity active
container-runtime configuration-management developer-tools ci-cd developer-tools cross-platform cli cloud devcontainers devcontainer-json specification development-environments reproducible-environments containers devops automation docker
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/devcontainers/cli · fetched 2026-08-28 · 581ce956c95f
- homepage: https://containers.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · af7d19d1e06a
- site_page: https://containers.dev/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2ea1066df06e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| devcontainers/cli | main | 77 |
| devcontainers/spec | docs | 65 |
| devcontainers/images | infra | 99 |
| devcontainers/features | plugin | 77 |
| devcontainers/templates | examples | 76 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="devcontainers/cli")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem