# microsoft/vscode-remote-release

Visual Studio Code Remote Development: Open any folder in WSL, in a Docker container, or on a remote machine using SSH and take advantage of VS Code's full feature set.

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-remote-release
Homepage: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote
Language: Dockerfile
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: vscode, ssh, wsl, containers, docker, devcontainers, remote, visual-studio-code, remote-development, dev-containers
Last push: 2026-01-23T10:34:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2717, "days_push": 222, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4159, forks 465 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:37.458636+00:00)

## What it is
Microsoft's VS Code Remote Development extension pack, which lets you open any folder in WSL, a Docker container, or on a remote machine over SSH and use VS Code's full feature set. This repository is the issue tracker and documentation hub for the Remote - SSH, Dev Containers, WSL, and Remote - Tunnels extensions.

## Use cases
- edit code on a remote server over ssh with vscode
- develop inside docker containers with vscode
- use vscode with wsl on windows
- set up reproducible dev containers for a team
- connect vscode to a remote machine via tunnels
- run vscode tooling on code that lives elsewhere

## When to choose
- you want a full IDE experience against code in WSL, containers, or remote hosts
- you need consistent, containerized development environments
- you develop on Windows but target Linux via WSL

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than VS Code
- you need to file issues about dev container CLI, features, or templates (separate repos)
- you want a standalone remote IDE without VS Code

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, container-runtime, ssh, deployment
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: editor-plugin, windows
- tags: vscode-extension, remote-development, devcontainers, wsl, extension-pack, vscode-server, containers, devops, docker, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- microsoft/vscode-remote-release (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.458636+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:22:50.013369+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:37.458636+00:00, sha ad7f3c535f40)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.