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VS Code Servers? Microsoft or Coder?
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I've recently discovered that Microsoft allows you to self-host vscode.dev:
However, I have also discovered, it's not as popular as Coder's Code Server:
Has anyone done a review comparing the 2? I imagine they are pretty similar experiences, but wondering if they have ever been compared?
From my understanding, there is only 3 major differences between the 2.
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Microsoft's Code Server is still in Preview
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Microsoft uses the official Microsoft extensions marketplace where Coder uses the Open-VSX extension gallery
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While both are software-locked to single user access, Microsoft's is also restricted by license. Coder's license permits usage of multiple user access and running it as a service, where Microsoft's supposedly does not.
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Technically speaking you could setup MS Code Tunnel in a similar fashion as Coder's "Multiplayer Mode," it supposedly still goes against Microsoft's usage license.
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I'll get around to that eventually. I don't have CI/CD implemented on my home network yet. It's planned, but not quite there.
Ansible is super easy
Will keep that in mind. I'm working on my network stack right now, so I need something that works for me before moving on (DNS+DHCP+Proxies+Authentication).
My development stack is the next machine that is planned.
I don't expect my current stack to be the final iteration, just a starting point for my lab.
Personally, i'm much more keen to explore something when I can easily revert back to a known working state at any point with a git reset HEAD~1.
You do you though man