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Coder

Secure environments for developers and their agents observed · 2026-10-18

github.com/coder/coder · homepage · Go · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) 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

Full methodology

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

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Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="coder/coder")

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