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Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by ycrab »

brancz wrote: post #10
gentele wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are 3 main differences: 1) DevPod is based on GitHub/Microsoft's devcontainer.json standard while GitPod has their own file format 2) DevPod is client-only more like Terraform where the client creates/manages things directly using cloud credentials vs GitPod is a server-side solution to manage and provision dev workspaces 3) DevPod has a provider concept similar to Terraform that allows you to provision dev env…

Interesting! Might give this a try some time. I occasionally find myself needing a Linux environment, and my primary device is an arm64 mac, I think it could be useful for that. More generally what do you see being the prime use cases?

Basically anything you'd use GitHub Codespaces for but without having to pay them a hefty fee + you get to choose your cloud provider (or self-hosted k8s). I.e. if you have some left over aws credits, you could start off with that but quickly change the provider if you need to move to gcp or azure

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by theCodeStig »

gentele wrote: post #7
brancz wrote: post #6

Neat! I enjoyed using gitpod a few times, this seems similar. How do they compare?

There are 3 main differences: 1) DevPod is based on GitHub/Microsoft's devcontainer.json standard while GitPod has their own file format 2) DevPod is client-only more like Terraform where the client creates/manages things directly using cloud credentials vs GitPod is a server-side solution to manage and provision dev workspaces 3) DevPod has a provider concept similar to Terraform that allows you to provision dev env…

Are there any plans for an iPadOS client?

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by ycrab »

theCodeStig wrote: post #12
gentele wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are 3 main differences: 1) DevPod is based on GitHub/Microsoft's devcontainer.json standard while GitPod has their own file format 2) DevPod is client-only more like Terraform where the client creates/manages things directly using cloud credentials vs GitPod is a server-side solution to manage and provision dev workspaces 3) DevPod has a provider concept similar to Terraform that allows you to provision dev env…

Are there any plans for an iPadOS client?

we're thinking about it but don't have any immediate plans. Mostly because it's not a straight forward port and we want to make sure it's stable on linux/windows/macOS before tackling mobile. Would be awesome for developing on the road though

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by gentele »

loa_in_ wrote: post #9

That's very a very good sight the see! Comparable solutions are full of dark patterns on sign up, and I already gave up and decided not to give them any access to any projects. This is a game changer.

Thanks! Glad to hear that

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by dchuk »

I’m a solo dev, and just last night got a good local docker compose workflow setup for writing rails apps on my m1 Mac using Colima last night.

When I fired it up in vs code, I was immediately presented with all the dev container stuff, and I wasn’t sure what to do next.

I assumed I’d write and store all of my code locally in my Mac, then just use volumes to sync it over and run docker commands on my machine to interact with the app…

Should I use dev containers instead? Should I use dev pods? I want to be able to leave code for a while and come back and easily fire it up, I want simple deploys on single servers when ready (compose or swarm)…but I just keep running into so many options I’m getting confused.

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by gentele »

dchuk wrote: post #15

I’m a solo dev, and just last night got a good local docker compose workflow setup for writing rails apps on my m1 Mac using Colima last night. When I fired it up in vs code, I was immediately presented with all the dev container stuff, and I wasn’t sure what to do next. I assumed I’d write and store all of my code locally in my Mac, then just use volumes to sync it over and run docker commands on my machine to inter…

Adding devcontainer.json and then using DevPod with it should be pretty straight-forward for you. You can use docker-compose inside devcontainer.json if you want to reuse your existing setup.

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by dchuk »

gentele wrote: post #16
dchuk wrote: post #15

I’m a solo dev, and just last night got a good local docker compose workflow setup for writing rails apps on my m1 Mac using Colima last night. When I fired it up in vs code, I was immediately presented with all the dev container stuff, and I wasn’t sure what to do next. I assumed I’d write and store all of my code locally in my Mac, then just use volumes to sync it over and run docker commands on my machine to inter…

Adding devcontainer.json and then using DevPod with it should be pretty straight-forward for you. You can use docker-compose inside devcontainer.json if you want to reuse your existing setup.

Well I guess that’s my question then. Does the devpod become part of my docker compose app? Or does it run separately of it?

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by eatmyshorts »

This sounds kind of like Tilt and DevSpace, but for just general purpose containers. From a quick look through the website, I didn't see these features, but these would be great additions:

- File sync with the local filesystem and the container (2-way)

- Port-forwarding to localhost for debugging (I guess the DevPod way is to run the entire IDE in the container, but I love Tilt/DevSpace for allowing me to work in my local fat IDE)

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by zbhoy »

eatmyshorts wrote: post #18

This sounds kind of like Tilt and DevSpace, but for just general purpose containers. From a quick look through the website, I didn't see these features, but these would be great additions: - File sync with the local filesystem and the container (2-way) - Port-forwarding to localhost for debugging (I guess the DevPod way is to run the entire IDE in the container, but I love Tilt/DevSpace for allowing me to work in my…

It is made by the same company that makes DevSpace so that tracks

Re: Show HN: DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated

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Post by gentele »

dchuk wrote: post #17
gentele wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Adding devcontainer.json and then using DevPod with it should be pretty straight-forward for you. You can use docker-compose inside devcontainer.json if you want to reuse your existing setup.

Well I guess that’s my question then. Does the devpod become part of my docker compose app? Or does it run separately of it?

It's a separate desktop app similar to docker desktop. DevPod is very, very lightweight though.
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