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  1. Can Dendron be run in a CodeServer [1] (i.e the VSCode in a browser) instance? [1]: https://github.com/coder/code-server
  2. …hosted VSCode service. You can self-host it with Docker and login from outside your network. [0]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server [1]: coder.com
    comment by tentacleuno · 2021-11-24 · in What's the Future of IDEs?
  3. …work for them. It doesn't seem to be quite as straight-forward as the blog posts made it look. 1: https://github.com/cdr/code-server 2: https://servediter.app/
  4. https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by xtf · 2021-10-21 · in Visual Studio Code in Browser
  5. > https://github.com/cdr/code-server This may be what you're looking for? An agent runs on the development computer, and you get everything that it has (debugging, compilation, etc).
    comment by xnyan · 2021-10-20 · in Vscode.dev
  6. …host This particular implementation (opening local files via browser) sounds rather useless. [1] https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by moonchrome · 2021-10-20 · in Vscode.dev
  7. …best alternatives for self-hosting right now are: https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server https://github.com/cdr/code-server Update: also check the discussion about their differences https://github.com/cdr/code-server/discussions/426…
    comment by up6w6 · 2021-10-20 · in Vscode.dev
  8. Cool. Definitely saving this. Id like to self-host a cloud dev environment. Ive been curious about https://github.com/cdr/code-server similarly.
  9. There is an open source implementation of this you can just spin up in docker. https://github.com/cdr/code-server I've been using it for a couple of years now. It's been amazing for me. Run a server at home and I can just edit stuff on the…
  10. …implementation & now have adopted OpenVSCode Server referenced the following issue at Code-Server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/3835 ).
  11. How is this different from https://github.com/cdr/code-server ?
  12. …implementation & now have adopted OpenVSCode Server referenced the following issue at Code-Server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/3835 ).
    comment by tomvault · 2021-09-28 · in VS Code in the Browser for Everyone
  13. Pretty cool project. I am wondering how it is different from code-server [1]? [1] https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by chenzhekl · 2021-09-28 · in VS Code in the Browser for Everyone
  14. …moved to v3, but there is still a v2 descendant called Pylon IDE[3]. [0]: https://coder.com/ [1]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server [3]: https://github.com/pylonide/pylon
  15. …would be a lot easier if Microsoft just adds codespace's features directly to vscode. [1] https://github.com/cdr/code-server
  16. …in the browser is available as a standalone server [in case you need to deploy it in your ways]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server License: MIT It works insanely well.
    comment by lolive · 2021-09-03 · in Web-based editor
  17. …with a given git repo and credentials. Admittedly, the storage costs would be higher. [1]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by messe · 2021-09-03 · in Web-based editor
  18. If you don't want to tie in with GitHub, there is also a vscode browser version called "code server" https://github.com/cdr/code-server I've been using it for the last couple of weeks on a development VPS and really love it. I'm…
    comment by adevx · 2021-09-03 · in Web-based editor
  19. looks no different from code-server[0] I've been running for some time now. [0] https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by paulsmal · 2021-08-11 · in GitHub Codespaces is generally available
  20. …a hamburger menu to replace the File menu. Yes, you can run Codespaces on an iPad.) Code server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server ) works in a similar way using your own PC as a host, but for whatever reason Codespaces is more…
  21. …regularly use the Linux VM on this device for work. But then I discovered I could run code-server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server ) on my Manjaro desktop gaming PC and it's become a perfect match. I get VSCode in-browser of ChromeOS…
  22. …Blink Shell( https://blink.sh ), Inspect Browser( https://apps.pdyn.net/inspect/ ) or code-server( https://github.com/cdr/code-server ) to work full time on iPad. By full time I mean #iPadOnly way. I do JS front-ends, back-ends in Go, I…
  23. …are available though. [0] https://dev.to/codeledger/how-to-get-visual-studio-code-to-r... [1] https://github.com/cdr/code-server [2] https://termux.com/
  24. …of it but you can run vscode on the server and open it in the browser. Might be worth investigating https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by reader_mode · 2021-04-20 · in iPad Pro M1
  25. …[1]: https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/ [2]: https://github.com/CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd [3]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by evertheylen · 2021-04-20 · in iPad Pro M1
  26. …know you're right, I was trying to RDP in to my local desktop machine but it was too slow. I found https://github.com/cdr/code-server yesterday after you said that and it works perfectly, good thought thanks!
  27. …for me. Seems like the white screen issue is a common problem. Have you tried something like this? https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1223#issuecomment-...
  28. …and works like charm. Can't comment on sudo issue because I mostly log in using root. [1]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server [2]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscod...
    comment by dineshdb · 2021-03-07 · in Reflections on IDEA vs VS Code
  29. …and the mobile UI is garbage) is a fork of VS Code designed for doing exactly that. Check out https://github.com/cdr/code-server .
    comment by hansvm · 2021-03-06 · in Reflections on IDEA vs VS Code
  30. …small platform layer on their own: - Eclipse Theia: https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia - Coder: https://github.com/cdr/code-server I'm sure there are countless versions for mobile that are hasty Cordova-based versions of the VS Code…
  31. …and it's not as easy to get started with their service, but you can still host the server yourself: https://github.com/cdr/code-server
  32. …like the code-server devs have some concerns about # of extensions and matching the MS market: https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1473 . I'm not too worried about that for myself though.
  33. …it through a browser just like Codespaces. It's more flexible too since it's your own machine. https://github.com/cdr/code-server https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/code-server
  34. adding to the editors/IDE inside the browser: https://github.com/cdr/code-server (headless vscode) https://github.com/pylonide/pylon (fork of c9v2 when it was still open source)
    comment by oneweekwonder · 2021-01-15 · in Why can't I write code inside my browser?
  35. Run VS Code on any machine anywhere and access it in the browser. https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by password4321 · 2021-01-15 · in Why can't I write code inside my browser?
  36. Install code-server ( https://github.com/cdr/code-server ) on a server, and using it in your phone's browser to develop small web apps (works well in landscape mode with 6 -6.7 inch phones) If you have a powerful processor and adequate RAM…
  37. I assume they are talking about something like https://github.com/cdr/code-server . It’s vscode in your web browser. Run it locally in your dev environment and setup your web server to proxy vscode.your domain.tld to it and boom, you have…
    comment by xnyan · 2020-12-16 · in AWS CloudShell
  38. vscode can be run outside of electron as a website. https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by revnode · 2020-11-19 · in A JavaScript implementation of Git
  39. …containers on my home server. It's based on vscode and has been working pretty well for me. https://github.com/cdr/code-server
  40. …"actual" VSCode, but its fork code-server, that takes VSCode and modifies it to run in a browser. https://github.com/cdr/code-server This package just installs code-server on Google Colab, whatever that is. Hosted VSCode instances that…
    comment by shp0ngle · 2020-10-07 · in VSCode on Google Colab
  41. …and have everything in one place. I wonder how it will be priced by GH or using alternatives like: https://github.com/cdr/code-server But since most of C developers are now using vscode if the performance are fine this could change the way…
    comment by jvermillard · 2020-09-24 · in Developing Online with GitHub Codespace
  42. …try but note that there is usage cost in addition to the infrastructure usage for the cloud vm. [1] https://github.com/cdr/code-server [2] https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/techlat... [3]…
    comment by itprofessional4 · 2020-09-23 · in The Era of Visual Studio Code
  43. …code on the iPad anyway. You're going to end up with a mostly remote experience either way. [0]: https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by panopticon · 2020-09-16 · in Nova by Panic
  44. …is a bug that was introduced earlier this year when WebKit changed how scroll events are handled https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1455 If you can add a shortcut to the dev environment to your homescreen it’ll load the app without…
    comment by fallenhitokiri · 2020-09-02 · in First Impressions of GitHub Codespaces
  45. …Code in the browser). The code is actually open source and you can run it on your own machine: https://github.com/cdr/code-server Hint: Set the following environment variables before starting code-server to get access to the official…
    comment by fotcorn · 2020-09-01 · in First Impressions of GitHub Codespaces
  46. Actually, you can self-host VS Code on a server and access it via browser: https://github.com/cdr/code-server
    comment by darumderum · 2020-09-01 · in First Impressions of GitHub Codespaces
  47. https://github.com/cdr/code-server is an interesting way of running VSCode in the browser.
  48. …and Coder combining efforts on Open VSX after the transfer to Eclipse Foundation is complete. https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1473
  49. code-server also lets you customize the marketplace URL at runtime. https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/master/doc/FAQ.md#ho... SERVICE_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/gallery ITEM_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/item So you can use…
  50. …has most extensions available. They do it by scraping GitHub for extensions and building them. https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/3da6c561b83d2a4c57f3... The Microsoft extensions are notably missing, but they have a lot of other ones.…