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code-server

VS Code in the browser, running on your own server

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16 JAN 2026
Outbound
833
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github.com

code-server runs the VS Code experience on a remote machine and serves it to any browser. Your projects, extensions and terminals live on the server; the laptop becomes a thin client — great for iPads, Chromebooks and underpowered machines.

Extension availability differs slightly from Microsoft's marketplace (it uses Open VSX), and anything exposed to the internet needs proper authentication in front of it. Pair it with a reverse proxy and SSO.

For developers who want one persistent, powerful environment reachable from anywhere.

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