code-server (Self-Hosted VS Code)

Explore this developer service’s free allowance, critical restrictions and official documentation before deploying.

INCLUDED FREE ALLOWANCE

MIT-licensed open-source code-server runs a browser-accessible VS Code environment on your own Linux machine or server, with no software license fee or published usage quota for the self-hosted edition.

Plan details

Plan: Ongoing free allowance
Deployment model: Self-hosted
Credit card: Not required
Commercial use: Allowed
Added to directory (UTC): 2026-10-28
Last checked: 2026-10-28

Important restrictions

You supply and pay for compute, storage, networking, HTTPS and maintenance; code-server recommends at least 1 GB RAM and 2 vCPUs. This is not a free managed cloud workspace; secure remote access before exposing it publicly.

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