YEyewenjie·Oct 28, 2021
The PR for the Nix/NixOS guide for OpenVSCode Server is still open though - https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/pull/88
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Run upstream VS Code on a remote machine with access through a modern web browser from any device, anywhere.
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11 sourcesSee https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server which has that design philosophy.
In Vscode.devNot open-source yet, the 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/4267 (IMO both are much slower and worse than vscode.dev)
In Vscode.devWell that's not true is it? https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/tree/main/src...
I fail to see how this is different to vscode at all, pointless project.
In How OpenVSCode Server turns VS Code into a web IDEHi, Mike from Gitpod here. This project does not use code-server. It is instead a very lightweight server added to the official open source VS Code repo from Microsoft.
We documented this in more detail in the "Source Code Organization" chapter at https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/blob/main/doc....
As to where to submit PRs:
- Anything to do with running VS Code in a server context: gitpod-io/openvscode-server
- Anything else related to VS Code: microsoft/vscode
We have no intention of changing VS Code in any way or to add additional features to VS Code itself.
In VS Code in the Browser for EveryoneJohannes from Gitpod here. I've answered this in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28682477 (copied below)
Essentially, we run nightly builds at OpenVSCode Server making it as upstream to VS Code as possible. In contrast to other forks the whole scope of the project is to add a minimal set of changes (specifics about what we added https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/blob/main/doc...)
The architecture we use powers both Gitpod and GitHub Codespaces. Several of the devs and organisations that have asked for our implementation & now have adopted OpenVSCode Server referenced the following issue at Code-Server (https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/3835).
In How OpenVSCode Server turns VS Code into a web IDEHere's the GitHub repo: https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server
In How OpenVSCode Server turns VS Code into a web IDEHow OpenVSCode Server turns VS Code into a web IDE
159 points · Open discussionJohannes here from Gitpod. Shared some background about differences on Twitter already: https://twitter.com/jolandgraf/status/1442850063953313805?s=...
Essentially, we run nightly builds at OpenVSCode Server making it as upstream to VS Code as possible. In contrast to other forks the whole scope of the project is to add a minimal set of changes (specifics about what we added https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/blob/main/doc...)
The architecture we use powers both Gitpod and GitHub Codespaces. Several of the devs and organisations that have asked for our implementation & now have adopted OpenVSCode Server referenced the following issue at Code-Server (https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/3835).
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