Server runtimes come in many different types, enabling team collaboration and ready-to-use development environments in the cloud. They are gaining usage quickly and there is a cambrian explosion of new ones. A summary of each of the 67 server runtimes is in this 🧵
Visual Studio @code runs in your browser in @GitHub codespaces. This is the successor of Visual Studio Codespaces. docs.github.com/en/codespaces/…
@Codeanywhere provides a cloud-based integrated development environment IDE. codeanywhere.com
Theia or @code are available as IDE in @gitpod allowing you to quickly spin-up fresh development environments. gitpod.io
@gitlab integrates with @gitpod - docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration… and makes contributions to GitLab easier: gitlab.com/gitlab-org/git… #EveryoneCanContribute
@AWSCloud acquired @Cloud9IDE in 2017, a cloud IDE for writing, running, and debugging code. aws.amazon.com/cloud9/
Local #Kubernetes development is possible with @skaffolddev - checkout this gem from @GoogleCloud 💎 skaffold.dev
@tilt_dev aims to help with microservice development - either locally, in #Kubernetes, or both environments. tilt.dev
Bring your own IDE with @oktetohq and develop directly in your #kubernetes cluster. okteto.com/docs/getting-s…
Zeit became @Vercel supporting Jamstack development, preview and shipping workflows. vercel.com/blog/zeit-is-n…
PaizaCloud provides their Cloud IDE to build web applications in the browser. Jupyter Notebooks online included. paiza.cloud/en/jupyter-not…
@glitch is popular, works similar to Google docs - multiple people can work on the same web app at the same time. glitch.com
Collaboration on Jupyter notebooks in the browser and the cloud with @cocalc_com - focuses on teaching and courses. cocalc.com/doc/jupyter-no…
@sourcelair IDE enables developers to write code with Python, Node.js, PHP, HTML5 and more directly in the browser. ide.sourcelair.com/home
“Develop from the comfort of your browser” with @ShiftEditIDE. shiftedit.net/about
@RedHat provides CodeReady Workspaces, coding on #Kubernetes with @Openshift. Built on Eclipse Che. developers.redhat.com/products/coder…
@GoogleCloud has Cloud Shell for online development and operations environment - code and kubectl in one interface. cloud.google.com/shell
Another cloud IDE is @Codetasty adding real-time language tools. codetasty.com
Codiad promised to be a web-based IDE framework with a small footprint. Not under active development anymore. github.com/Codiad/Codiad
@jenkinsxio has a concept of Dev Pods for developers similar to the pod templates in the pipelines. jenkins-x.io/docs/reference…
RubyMine from @Jetbrains can use docker-compose as a remote interpreter for your Ruby apps. jetbrains.com/help/ruby/usin…
The developers of code-server, running @code anywhere, provide @coderhq as developer workspace in the cloud. coder.com
Collaborative sandboxes - like a Google Doc but for code, for rapid web development with @codesandbox. codesandbox.io
Nitrous.io was an online environment and IDE, shut down in 2016. techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/clo…
Nitrous.io was an online environment and IDE, shut down in 2016. techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/clo…
Koding was aiming to manage the entire dev infrastructure, shut down in 2018. crunchbase.com/organization/k…
Terminal.com was a platform for creating programming courses with an interactive, container-based, command-line interface. Acquired by Udacity in 2017. techcrunch.com/2017/03/01/uda…
Another option for pair programming is ngrok ngrok.com/product as a secure tunnel with gotty, tmux and nvim for example.
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Krucible spins up Kubernetes clusters in the cloud in a few seconds. Similar to kind, microk8s, minikube, k3s. usekrucible.com news.ycombinator.com/item?id=232710…
@getporterdev is a fully-managed Kubernetes PaaS that runs in your own cloud. Deploy and manage applications on it through a Heroku-like PaaS layer. getporter.dev news.ycombinator.com/item?id=269934…
Quickly make a stateful app that is deployed on a hypercloud. Use managed services as you develop, and your infrastructure scales with you, keeping “day 2 ops” simple with the @gitlab 5 minute production app. gitlab.com/gitlab-org/5-m…
@Railway_App helps with infrastructure deployments for Ruby on Rails apps. railway.app
@northflank integrates with Git, builds a Dockerfile and adds monitoring to the deployment. Currently in beta. northflank.com/beta
@AWSCloud CloudShell provides command-line access to AWS resources. aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-…
CodeSwing is an interactive playground for VS @code for building/exploring/learning rich web apps, so-called “swings”. github.com/lostintangent/… news.ycombinator.com/item?id=255451…
CodeSwing is an interactive playground for VS @code for building/exploring/learning rich web apps, so-called “swings”. github.com/lostintangent/… news.ycombinator.com/item?id=255451…
@platformsh is an end-to-end web platform built as PaaS with CI/CD, automated updates, and support. platform.sh
Docker without Docker - as a Firecracker micro-VM. fly.io/blog/docker-wi… @flydotio is a platform for running full-stack apps and databases. fly.io
github1s allows you to read GitHub code with VS @code without local clones github.com/conwnet/github… news.ycombinator.com/item?id=260839…
Build, deploy and manage Rails apps on your own hosting provider with @hatchboxio hatchbox.io
@monk_io is a stack orchestration platform, with stack templates as an alternative to Kubernetes. monk.io
@Replit provides a collaborative in-browser IDE to code in all languages, hosting with a single click. replit.com Nix base image insights: blog.replit.com/nix
Itopia is a desktop-as-a-service solution for @GoogleCloud itopia.com
Itopia is a desktop-as-a-service solution for @GoogleCloud itopia.com
@render is a unified cloud to build and run apps and websites with free SSL, global CDN, private networks and auto-deployments from Git. render.com
@teamcodestream puts collaboration tools into your IDEs: @code, Visual Studio or @Jetbrains providing merge requests, code discussion and issue management capabilities. codestream.com
Deploy source code or docker images to prepared cloud servers with @LastBackend lastbackend.com It is built on its own container orchestration platform: github.com/lastbackend/la…
Easily build applications that run at any scale, from a laptop to a data center with @anyscalecompute. Founded by the creators of Ray, an open source project from the UC Berkeley RISELab. anyscale.com/about
@garden_io is a hybrid: a Kubernetes development tool and an automation engine that builds, tests, and deploys your application. garden.io
@release_hub environments streamline the development process, with Environments as a Service at releasehub.com
@scalr is a remote state & operations backend for Terraform with full CLI support, integration with OPA, a hierarchical configuration model, and quality of life features. scalr.com
@stackahoy is an all-in-one control station for managing and configuring your web application deployments across all git repository providers and CI SaaS. stackahoy.io
Host, run and code Python in the cloud with @pythonanywhere including a Python learning environment for students. pythonanywhere.com
@streamlit turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes, with the help of Python. streamlit.io
Build, deploy, and scale apps quickly using a simple, fully managed solution: @digitalocean app platform. digitalocean.com/products/app-p…
@VMwareTanzu is VMware's platform that includes products and services that allow companies to build, run and manage a kubernetes environment from a single control point. tanzu.vmware.com/tanzu
@RedKubes provides Otomi, a value-added layer on top of Kubernetes, as a container platform. redkubes.com/features-otomi…
@amplication helps you develop quality Node.js applications without spending time on repetitive coding tasks. amplication.com
@SpaceCloudIO is a Kubernetes based serverless platform that provides instant, real time APIs on any database, with event triggers and unified APIs for your custom business logic. space-cloud.io
Flynn was designed as an open source Platform as a Service, running Linux apps and stateless web apps. Retired on June 1st, 2021. github.com/flynn/flynn
@tsurupaas is an open source Platform as a Service software, focused on Developer productivity. tsuru.io github.com/tsuru
@dokku can help you build and manage the lifecycle of applications. Powered by Docker, you can install Dokku on any hardware. dokku.com
@cap_rover is an app/database deployment & web server manager. Previously Known as CaptainDuckDuck. caprover.com
@goconvox is an open-source Platform as a Service that you can install on your own infrastructure. convox.com
@Rancher_Labs lets you streamline cluster deployment on bare metal, private clouds, public clouds or vSphere and secure them using global security policies. rancher.com/why-rancher
@teamhephy Workflow is the open source fork of Deis Workflow PaaS. The workflow enables git push to deploy, or Docker build/pull deployments. blog.teamhephy.info/blog/posts/ann…
#KubeVela is an open source tool that abstracts away the Kubernetes ecosystem from developers to create a simpler deployment experience. kubevela.io
@VisualStudio provides the “Bridge to Kubernetes” extension. Run your code natively on your development workstation while connected to the #Kubernetes cluster. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualst…
@GoogleCloud code provides everything you need to write, debug, and deploy your cloud-based applications for IntelliJ, VS Code, or in your browser. cloud.google.com/code
There are a lot of tools, platforms, and choices. Let me know which you prefer, share your own experiences or if there is one missing. Thanks!
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