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.
> <sup>1</sup> The automatic setup 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](https://coder.com/docs/v2/latest/quickstart) for a full walkthrough.
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## Contributing
Read the [contributing docs](https://coder.com/docs/v2/latest/CONTRIBUTING).
Find our list of contributors [here](https://github.com/coder/coder/graphs/contributors).
- [GitHub Codespaces, Coder, and Enterprise Customers](https://coder.com/blog/github-codespaces-coder-and-enterprise-customers?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md)
- [How our development team shares one giant bare metal machine](https://coder.com/blog/how-our-development-team-shares-one-giant-bare-metal-machine?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md).
| Tool | Type | Delivery Model | Cost | Internet Access Required | Latency and Data Sovereignty | Security isolation model | Product quality | Service Availability | Environments | IDE |
| [GitHub Codespaces](https://coder.com/blog/github-codespaces-coder-and-enterprise-customers?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | SaaS | 2x Azure Compute | Yes | Four regions (US West, US East, Europe West, Southeast Asia) | ["two codespaces are never co-located on the same VM"](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/codespaces-reference/security-in-github-codespaces) | N/A | [Incident History](https://www.githubstatus.com/history) | Linux Virtual Machines, [GPUs supported](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/developing-in-codespaces/getting-started-with-github-codespaces-for-machine-learning) | Visual Studio Code ([no restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture)) and JetBrains Gateway |
| [Gitpod](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | [SaaS](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33907897) | [Credits](https://www.gitpod.io/pricing) | Yes | Two regions (Europe, US) | [All customers intermixed on the same machine isolated via runc](https://kinvolk.io/blog/2020/12/improving-kubernetes-and-container-security-with-user-namespaces/) | [Defect history](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22type%3A+bug%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc+) | [Incident history](https://www.gitpodstatus.com/history) | Basic Linux containers, [GPUs](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/10650) and [kubernetes/k3s](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/4889) is not yet possible | [openvscode-server](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) (VSCode MIT) [with restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture) inhibiting functionality of [.NET](https://www.isdotnetopen.com), [Python](https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2021/11/05/vscode-python-nov21.aspx), [C](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ms-vscode.cpptools/license), [C++](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ms-vscode.cpptools/license), [Jupyter](https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2021/11/05/vscode-python-nov21.aspx) and usage of [GitHub Co-pilot](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/10032). Visual Studio Code Desktop ([no restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture)) and JetBrains Gateway supported |
| [Google Cloud Workstations](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | SaaS (Preview, not GA) | Pay Google | Yes | southamerica-west1, us-east1, us-central1, us-west1, asia-east1, asia-southeast1, europe-north1, europe-southwest1, europe-west1, europe-west2, europe-west3, europe-west4 | N/A | N/A | Not generally available, offered in preview mode. | Linux | code-oss ([with restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture)), Visual Studio Code Desktop ([no restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture)) and JetBrains Gateway |
| [JetBrains Space](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | SaaS + On-Prem ([Dev environments are not supported](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/space-on-premises/space-on-premises-installation.html)) | Pay JetBrains | Yes | EU Ireland region (eu-west-1) | EC2 | N/A | [Service Health](https://status.jetbrains.space/) | Linux Virtual Machines | JetBrains Suite |
| [Microsoft DevBox](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | SaaS (Preview, not GA) | Pay Microsoft | Yes | Australia East, Europe West, Japan East, Canada Central, UK South, US East, US East 2, US South Central, and US West 3 | Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine | N/A | Not generally available, offered in preview mode. | Windows Virtual Machine | Any application that runs on Windows via Microsoft Remote Desktop |