Web IDEs and Coder Apps

By default, Coder workspaces allow connections via:

• Web terminal
• SSH

It's common to also connect via web IDEs for uses cases like zero trust networks, data science, contractors, and infrequent code contributors.

In Coder, web IDEs are defined as coder_app resources in the template. With our generic model, any web application can be used as a Coder application. For example:

To learn more about configuring IDEs in templates, see our docs on template administration.

code-server

code-server is our supported method of running VS Code in the web browser. You can read more in our documentation for code-server.

VS Code Web

We also support Microsoft's official product for using VS Code in the browser. A template administrator can add it by following the Extending Templates guide.

Jupyter Notebook

Jupyter Notebook is a web-based interactive computing platform. A template administrator can add it by following the Extending Templates guide.

JupyterLab

In addition to Jupyter Notebook, you can use Jupyter lab in your workspace. A template administrator can add it by following the Extending Templates guide.

RStudio

RStudio is a popular IDE for R programming language. A template administrator can add it to your workspace by following the Extending Templates guide.

Airflow

Apache Airflow is an open-source workflow management platform for data engineering pipelines. A template administrator can add it by following the Extending Templates guide.

SSH Fallback

If you prefer to run web IDEs in localhost, you can port forward using SSH or the Coder CLI port-forward sub-command. Some web IDEs may not support URL base path adjustment so port forwarding is the only approach.