code-server

code-server brings Microsoft Visual Studio Code to the browser, providing a full-featured IDE that runs entirely on the server. Students and researchers can write, debug, and run code from any device with a web browser, with no local installation required.

Key Features

• Full VS Code experience: All editor features, extensions, themes, and keybindings work in the browser.
• Extension marketplace: Install thousands of extensions for language support, linters, debuggers, and themes.
• Built-in terminal: Access a server-side terminal directly from the IDE.
• Git integration: Full source control with commit, push, pull, and diff operations.
• Multi-language: Supports Python, R, Julia, JavaScript, Go, Rust, and hundreds of other languages via extensions.

Integration with openDesk Edu

code-server is part of the Collab Services suite and deploys via its upstream Helm chart (helm.coder.com). It authenticates through Keycloak using an oauth2-proxy sidecar and is accessible at code.* under the institution's wildcard DNS.

Learn More

• Official Documentation — code-server docs and resources