Open source alternatives to GitHub Codespaces
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what GitHub Codespaces does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What GitHub Codespaces does
- Cloud dev environmentscore
- Open a repo in a ready setupcore
- VS Code in the browser
- Dev container configuration
- Port forwarding
- Prebuilds
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 coderSelf-hostable remote development environments for developers and their agents |
Replaces it56% | 17k+56 | 4 days ago | 100% | Needs a server | AGPL-3.0 | |
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Open a repo in a ready setup; VS Code in the browser. Not shown: Port forwarding; Prebuilds.See the evidence
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