deploy-code-server 🚀

A collection of one-click buttons and scripts for deploying code-server to various cloud hosting platforms. The fastest way to get a code-server environment! ☁️

Name	Type	Lowest-Price Plan	Deploy
AWS EC2	VM	Free Tier, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM	see guide
DigitalOcean	VM	$5/mo, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM	see guide
Vultr	VM	$3.50/mo, 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM	coming soon
Linode	VM	$5/mo, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM	see guide
Railway	Container	Free, Shared CPU, 1 GB RAM 🚀	see guide
Heroku	Container	Free, 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM	see guide
Azure App Service	Container	Free, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM	see guide
Oracle Cloud	Terraform / OCI	Free Tier Support	see guide
Coder	Dev Workspace	For developer teams 👨🏼‍💻	read the docs

code-server on a VM vs. a Container

VMs are deployed once, and then can be modified to install new software
- You need to save "snapshots" to use your latest images
- Storage is always persistent, and you can usually add extra volumes
- VMs can support many workloads, such as running Docker or Kubernetes clusters
- 👀 Docs for the VM install script
Deployed containers do not persist, and are often rebuilt
- Containers can shut down when you are not using them, saving you money
- All software and dependencies need to be defined in the Dockerfile or install script so they aren't destroyed on a rebuild. This is great if you want to have a new, clean environment every time you code
- Most app platforms do not support running docker or virtual volume mounts in the container.
- Storage may not be persistent. You may have to use rclone to store your filesystem on a cloud service. Documented below:
- 📄 Docs for code-server-deploy-container