Coder

Coder provisions software development environments via Terraform on Linux, macOS, Windows, X86, ARM, and of course, Kubernetes.

Description

Software development on your infrastructure. Offload your team's development from local workstations to cloud servers. Onboard developers in minutes. Build, test and compile at the speed of the cloud. Keep your source code and data behind your firewall.

> "By leveraging Terraform, Coder lets developers run any IDE on any compute platform including on-prem, AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, Kubernetes, Docker, and more, with workspaces running on Linux, Windows, or Mac." - Kevin Fishner Chief of Staff at HashiCorp

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 - 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

Programming language: Go

License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Tags: Software Development     IDE/Tools     Terraform    

README

Coder

Coder creates remote development machines so your team can develop from anywhere.

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

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

Getting Started

Note: Coder is in a beta state. Report issues here.

The easiest way to install Coder is to use our install script for Linux and macOS. For Windows, use the latest ..._installer.exe file from GitHub Releases.

To install, run:

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

You can preview what occurs during the install process:

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

You can modify the installation process by including flags. Run the help command for reference:

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

See [install](docs/install) for additional methods.

Once installed, you can start a production deployment1 with a single command:

# Automatically sets up an external access URL on *.try.coder.app
coder server

# Requires a PostgreSQL instance (version 13 or higher) and external access URL
coder server --postgres-url <url> --access-url <url>

1 The embedded database is great for trying out Coder with small deployments, but do consider using an external database for increased assurance and control.

Use coder --help to get a complete list of flags and environment variables. Use our quickstart guide for a full walkthrough.

Documentation

Visit our docs here.

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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Last updated: 5/27/22

Community and Support

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Suggest improvements and report problems

Contributing

If you're using Coder in your organization, please try to add your company name to the [ADOPTERS.md](./ADOPTERS.md). It really helps the project to gain momentum and credibility. It's a small contribution back to the project with a big impact.

Read the contributing docs.

Find our list of contributors here.