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code-server

VS Code in the browser, hosted on a remote server.

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Still maintained? Yes: 110 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.144.0 (Oct 2026).

Docker #1 of 14 in Software Development - IDE & Tools

At a glance

code-server quick facts

Health score
100/100 GOOD
Stars
79,728
Last commit
yesterday (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v4.144.0, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View coder/code-server on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Run VS Code on any machine anywhere and access it in the browser."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

code-server scores 100/100, #1 of 14 in Software Development - IDE & Tools: 110 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.144.0, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 79,728 stars add 19.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). It scores full marks on every term.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    110 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v4.144.0 released yesterday

  • Stars 19.6 / 20

    80k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

331 commits over the last 12 months
110
Last 90 days
331
Last 12 months
yesterday
Last push

Ranked #1 of 14 tools in Software Development - IDE & Tools by health , just above Langfuse (#2) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsNodejs, Docker
Latest releasev4.144.0 · yesterday
Stars79,728
Open issues143
DockerYes
Repositorycoder/code-server ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

code-server vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with code-server (Software Development - IDE & Tools), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
code-server (this tool) 100 80k MIT yesterday
Langfuse 98 37k MIT today
Coder 97 17k AGPL-3.0 today
JupyterLab 97 15k BSD-3-Clause today
Lowdefy 94 3k Apache-2.0 yesterday
Hopp 91 723 AGPL-3.0 9 days ago

code-server: common questions

Is code-server still maintained?

code-server had 110 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v4.144.0, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.