jankeromnes

Yes, Gitpod is open-source and can be self-hosted: https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/

FYI, gitpod.io is similar and works pretty well on Safari and iPad

FYI, the Gitpod blog has some thoughts on this comparison: https://www.gitpod.io/blog/github-codespaces/

Hey, that's awesome! Thanks for the update.

You've probably seen https://gitpod.io then, which is kind of a hosted Theia that seems to work well in any browser/OS/device?

Monaco has a few rough edges on iPad, but overall it seems to work great with https://gitpod.io (same editor as VSCode).

This sounds like good feedback. What do you mean by "github or azure enterprise package"?

I think Gitpod Self-Hosted was successfully installed on GCP, AWS, and Azure, and we're working on documenting the process.

It also works with self-managed GitHub and GitLab installations (with Bitbucket coming soon).

I don't think VS/GH Codespaces are open-source, and they don't seem to support GitLab.

However, if you do need something based on open-source that works with GitLab, take a look at https://www.gitpod.io

You can even self-host it: https://www.gitpod.io/blog/gitpod-self-hosted-0.4.0/

Gitpod looked nice but the fact that you can only customize the editor per-repository doesn't make sense to me.

Gitpod also has user-specific Preferences, and even user-specific VS Code extensions. (Usually customization places have a "Workspace" tab and a "User" tab.)

You're right, Gitpod uses Theia, which uses Monaco, which doesn't officially support mobile browsers.

However, we do extensive testing of Gitpod and Theia on mobile devices, and work around bugs or contribute fixes upstream to Monaco when possible.

Gitpod/Theia users now report that the iPad experience is great, and we continue to push forward on improving it.

On the other hand, VS Codespaces blocks you with a "This browser is not supported" error page when you're not using Chrome. (Even pre-Chromium Edge is unsupported.) But you absolutely need Safari support to work on iPad (all browsers there are basically just Safari skins).

FYI gitpod.io offers 16 CPU / 60 GB RAM, and works great on Chromebooks & iPads.

We're pretty stoked to have new friends in cloud-native development!

Microsoft/GitHub joining the dev-environment-as-code movement is huge, will likely save us all a few more years of dependency-hell.

(EDIT: Removed official blog post link because taywrobel posted it first)

You're welcome! And yes, both Theia and OpenVSX can be self-hosted. Please report issues if something is unclear or doesn't seem to work.

But the Eclipse Foundation is a pretty good place to develop vendor-neutral open-source software, kind of like the Linux Foundation. There are many great open-source projects under the Eclipse Foundation umbrella, and anyone is free to use them; contribute to them; build businesses on them; etc.

You're 100% correct, Theia supports configuration via a .vscode/ directory, because that seems to be a "standard" way to configure your IDE. (Before you jump, yes it also supports EditorConfig).

Also, Theia indeed uses the Monaco editor, and various other open-source components also found in VS Code. The developers of Theia and VS Code actually collaborate on these.

And finally, Theia fully supports VS Code extensions. There is even an effort to make this IDE extension format an open standard: https://open-vsx.org

The phrasing chosen by the Eclipse foundation for the Theia 1.0 announcement was a bit unfortunate:

- It's not Theia versus VS Code

- Theia is not an "open-source alternative to VS Code"

- Theia is not a "rip-off of VS Code"

While confrontational narratives are appealing, it's more subtle than that: Theia is based on VS Code to address a different kind of need.

Much like TypeScript doesn't try to replace JavaScript, but builds on JS to address the need for type safety, Theia doesn't try to replace VS Code, but builds on VS Code to address the need for a framework to build IDEs for desktop (e.g. Arduino Pro, Arm mbed...) and for the cloud (e.g. Gitpod, Google Cloud Shell...).

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Maybe you accidentally have a double-quote in your URL?

I'm totally biased, but I think Gitpod might be the closest thing to Cider here, being a hosted IDE + container solution that continuously prebuilds your workspaces along with your code.

The other options are just IDEs in a browser where you still have to hammer together your own setup + build manually every time.

Hi Josh, very sorry about the unfortunate surprise, we're aware of this and agree it's not nice.

We couldn't address it in time for the launch, so basically all the website's pricing options currently point directly to where you can buy them in the app, which implies a GitHub sign-in (where only a valid email is requested, NB).

We're planning to add un-authed pages with more info about each plan, but we also prefer spending our time on improving the developer experience rather than on payment options, so it may take a bit of time.

Electron is just one way to package it. https://gitpod.io has nothing to do with electron for example.

GMT is deprecated, please use UTC instead: "GMT is no longer precisely defined by the scientific community" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

ZeroHedge

EV charging stations would be nice too.

I think a better example for Google's deep integration into android is the "Google Search app" (previously "Google Now") that is sort of a Siri-equivalent: you can talk to it, it can manage your phone, send emails, create new alarms, manage your calendar, assist your transit, even change the temperature at home if you have Nest.

Worth noting that this type of deep integration is totally possible with the Web: you can use many APIs like voice recognition, alarms, etc. "3rd-party apps" from the web can very well integrate deeply with your device, if you allow them.

It's really great to have Windows Phone around, but I think the article calls for a more open and experiment-friendly alternative where you don't have to go "through the interests and lenses of the two dominant players" to innovate (making it "three" doesn't help).

Most of these reviews are unfair (comparing a 25$ FxOS to devices at 2x the cost or more) but you make a point about FxOS not being attractive for higher-end. That's part of why it's currently being reinvented.

Call me biased, but Firefox OS makes the web run on 25$ smartphones, is fully open and customizable because it's the web, has the biggest "app store" of the world because it runs any web app, is totally royalty-free (just like the other Mozilla projects), and is already being shipped on lots of devices all around the globe. How's that for an open, unlocked and innovation-friendly alternative?

So much cheese... but still impressive! I can't wait to see them get closer and closer to pro level.

Overdubbing is the worst. Original languages, please!

Why not call it the Fields Medal?