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
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, specs unknown, but very fast 🚀	see guide
Heroku	Container	Free, 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM	see guide
Azure App Service	Container	Free, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM	see guide

For built-in support deploying and managing dev environments for your team. check out Coder.

Coding 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 it, 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
- Storage may not be redundant. You may have to use rclone to store your filesystem on a cloud service, for info:
📄 Docs for code-server-deploy-container