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May 21 20191 min read

# Announcing Sail: A universal standard for instant dev envs

[Ammar Bandukwala](https://coder.com/blog/author/ammar)

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Coder’s objective with [Sail](https://sail.dev/) is to accelerate workflow through the orchestration of the development environment. Two months ago, we released [code-server](https://github.com/cdr/code-server). Code-server separates Visual Studio Code’s frontend and backend so you could use VS Code on a remote server. To date we’ve amassed over 19k GitHub stars and 1.4 million docker pulls, validating our vision for the future of development.

Today we release [Sail](https://sail.dev/). A universal workflow for reproducible, project-defined development environments. Sail allows projects to define their own development environment via a single Dockerfile. With Sail, **projects can be opened in a dedicated environment right from GitHub or GitLab**. It eliminates the “It worked on my machine” problem. Sail environments run code-server, providing an experience that feels local, but dedicated to the project at hand. More supported editors are just around the corner. **Stop setting up environments, share workflow improvements, and collaborate not only on code, but on how the code is written.**

![](https://www.datocms-assets.com/19109/1591126507-sailgif.gif?fit=clip&fm=webp&w=3840&q=90)

[Install it now](https://sail.dev/docs/installation/), or check out [the GitHub](https://github.com/cdr/sail).

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