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leob • Edited

I checked your website, very nice, but it's a bit light on details - for instance:

  • what languages will you support - is it all Javascript based or will you support, for example, PHP

  • how flexible will it be - will it be open and extendable, will there be a Linux terminal, Docker ... will it be possible to install "anything" or will it be more like a walled garden concept?

  • how is this different from e.g. GitHub Codespaces?

More questions than answers, is there more information you can point me at?

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Jonas Zipprick • Edited
  • Codesphere is optimized for Typescript or Javascript in the beginning. But we'll be expanding in the future if there is large demand for it (Thinking about PHP, or Golang).
  • You have your own isolated workspace where you can install almost anything, but the more you customize the more intelligence you loose.
  • GitHub Codespaces will have to follow a catch-all approach to support the many different project languages and architectures they have on Github. One downfall of that is that they can't really host your application for production. Codesphere has a more opinionated view on your programm, following the "convention over configuration" approach. This allows us a tight coupling of code and infrastructure.