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](https://hashicorp.com/)**
- [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)
- [Laptop development is dead: why remote development is the future](https://medium.com/@elliotgraebert/laptop-development-is-dead-why-remote-development-is-the-future-f92ce103fd13)
- [Learn how Palantir improved build times by 78% with coder](https://blog.palantir.com/the-benefits-of-remote-ephemeral-workspaces-1a1251ed6e53).
- [A software development environment is not just a container](https://coder.com/blog/not-a-container?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md).
- [What Coder is not](https://coder.com/docs/coder-oss/latest/index#what-coder-is-not?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md).
> <sup>1</sup> 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](https://coder.com/docs/coder-oss/latest/quickstart) for a full walkthrough.
- [How our development team shares one giant bare metal machine](https://coder.com/blog/how-our-development-team-shares-one-giant-bare-metal-machine).
| Tool | Type | Delivery Model | Cost | Internet Access Required | Latency and Data Sovereignty | Security isolation model | Product quality | Service Availability | Environments | IDE |
| [openvscode-server](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) | Web IDE | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | No | Self-Hosted | Self-Hosted docker container | [Defect history](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) | Self-hosted | Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64 | [openvscode-server](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) (VSCode MIT) [with restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture) |
| [Amazon CodeCatalyst](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 | Pay AWS | Yes | US West (Oregon) | ["all customer multi-tenancy isolation is done through virtual machines" for security reasons](https://devclass.com/2022/12/05/interview-why-aws-prefers-vms-for-code-isolation-and-tips-on-developing-for-lambda/) | N/A | [Service Health](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status) | Linux Virtual Machines | Cloud9, Eclipse Theia and JetBrains Gateway |
| [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 usage 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 [GitHub Co-pilot](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/10032). JetBrains and Visual Studio Code Desktop ([no restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture)) and JetBrains Gateway supported |
| [JetBrains Spaces](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/space-on-premises-installation.html#overview)) | Pay JetBrains | Yes | EU Ireland region (eu-west-1) | EC2 | N/A | [Service Health](https://status.jetbrains.space/) | Linux Virtual Machines | JetBrains Suite |
Join our community on [Discord](https://coder.com/chat?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/coderhq)!
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.
