Start coding instantly with Codespaces
The full power of your favorite editor
Use Visual Studio, VS Code, Jupyter, or JetBrains with the editor, terminal, debugger, version control, settings sync, and all of your extensions. Work from any device in a browser, or hand off to your desktop. It’s that simple.
Faster than your laptop
GitHub’s own 35GB dev image starts in seconds. And with low-latency connections across multiple regions, you won’t even remember it’s not your local machine.
Dev environments on any machine
Stop wasting time fixing broken dev environments. Quickly manage and configure your Codespaces. Dev environments as code couldn’t be easier—or faster.
Personalized just how you like it ✨
Tabs vs. spaces, Monokai, Solarized, light dark, Prettier, or Beautify? It’s up to you. Control every nerdy detail only you care about with your own dotfiles repository.
IntelliCode
ES Lint
Prettier
Live Server
Live Share
Docker
GitLens
Debugger for Java
Browser preview and port forwarding
Preview your changes in the browser with instant reloads (websocket and HMR support) and share private and public ports with your teammates.
Review port forwarding docsSecure by design
Every Codespaces environment is hardened by default and lives in its own ephemeral VM, in an isolated virtual network. Your code and private networks can only be accessed by authenticated users.