Any good Github Codespaces alternives?

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Are there any online development environments similar to Github Codespace out there?.

Preferably it would be

• Free / Reasonably cheap
• Use a VS Code Web UI interface

I used to use Gitpod, but they shut down and turned into YET ANOTHER AI startup (Same with Replit too) 🫤. After that I swapped to CodeAnywhere but it started giving me a weird Archiving bug and would always unrecoverable erroring out my environments, causing me to loss all my progress for the past few days.

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[Abishek0070]

Try using Eclipse theia
or
Eclipse che (Highly recomended )
Che is closest match to Gitpod overall
workspaces + containers + automation + Theia web IDE + multi-user system

Theia is just the editor
the UI layer Gitpod used, but without the cloud workspace backend
hope this helps you :)

[TanishqCh07]

Good question to discuss! Here are some online development environments (cloud IDEs / web-IDE alternatives) similar to GitHub Codespaces — many free or reasonably affordable, and some that offer a VS Code–like web UI.

✅ Good alternatives to try

StackBlitz — fast web IDE, good especially for JavaScript/TypeScript or frontend/web-dev work, with a VS-Code-style UI.
Elementor

CodeSandbox — a browser-based code editor/IDE that supports web apps and integrates with GitHub repos; good for prototyping, frontend and full-stack JS work.
CodeSandbox

AWS Cloud9 — a more full-featured cloud IDE (with terminal, support for many languages) — useful if you need a heavier, VM-based environment rather than just frontend sandboxes.
devzero.io

Coder / self-hostable cloud-IDE solutions — if you want control over environment and setup, these let you spin up remote development environments, often with VS-Code-compatible editors.
devzero.io

⚠️ What to keep in mind

Some platforms are more oriented toward frontend / JavaScript / web-app work (like CodeSandbox, StackBlitz). They may not be ideal for heavy backend work or large multi-language projects.

VM- or container-based cloud IDEs (like AWS Cloud9, Coder) are more powerful — but may have performance constraints (depending on resources) and could be slower than local dev machines.

Free tiers often come with limitations (memory, CPU, runtime duration, project size). For bigger work you might need to opt for paid plans or self-hosted setups.

[Errorbot1122]

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[Abishek0070]

Bro ,have you tried any of the things I mentioned, if not working pls let me know

[Errorbot1122]

Not yet but I will soon...

_{(Also this probably should have been a direct reply to your last comment, just saying 😅)}

[Abishek0070]

okie bro