These are my instant development environments that I use for daily coding. This was originally based on C9 IDE, published as an image that got pulled over 1M+ times, and here is the article that described how to setup a powerful self-hosted IDE in the cloud. Now I focus on a reusable environment that can either be used from the command line, as a container, online deployment, editing with Vim, or easily allows you to use VSCode. But not limited to direct access, as it includes Tailscale to allow remote connectivity and exposing services to other (shared) machines in the same tailnet or on the public internet. These images are compatible with Distrobox and perhaps Toolbx (since these images rely on sudo there are known issues/rough edges), and can be imported to WSL2 (Windows) and Termux (Android).

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• Open in Gitpod workspace
• Open in CodeSandbox
• dev fed env, dev fed sys in my dotfiles
• distrobox create --init -i ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/fedora/toolbox:41 $HOSTNAME-devbox
• Bootable Container (bootc) disk images
  • bootc switch ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/fedora-golang/systemd-bootc:stream9

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• def go run and def go sys in my dotfiles
• Bootable Container (bootc) disk images

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• Open in CodeSandbox
• dev deb env, dev deb sys in my dotfiles
• distrobox create --init -i ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/debian/toolbox:bookworm $HOSTNAME-debbox
• Termux ./import-devsys.sh https://github.com/gbraad-devenv/debian/releases/download/bookworm/devsys-debian-rootfs-arm64.tar.gz
• WSL2 .\import-devsys.ps1 https://github.com/gbraad-devenv/debian/releases/download/bookworm/devsys-debian-rootfs-amd64.tar.gz

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• dev gode env, dev gode sys in my dotfiles

• Open in Gitpod workspace
• Open in CodeSandbox
• dev ubu env, dev ubu sys in my dotfiles
• distrobox create -i ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/ubuntu/rebase:noble devbox-ubuntu

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• dev gubu env, dev gubu sys in my dotfiles

• Open in Gitpod workspace
• Open in CodeSandbox
• dev alm env, dev alm sys in my dotfiles
• distrobox create -i ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/almalinux/rebase:9 devbox-almalinux

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• def goalm run and def goalm sys in my dotfiles
• Bootable Container (bootc) disk images
  • bootc switch ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/almalinux-golang/systemd-bootc:9

• Open in Gitpod workspace
• Open in CodeSandbox
• dev ubi env, dev ubi sys in my dotfiles

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• dev gobi env, dev gobi sys in my dotfiles
• distrobox create -i ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/ubi9-golang/dotfiles:latest --init --name devbox-go

• Open in Gitpod workspace
• Open in CodeSandbox
• dev cen env, dev cen sys in my dotfiles
• distrobox create -i ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/centos/base:stream9 devbox-centos

• Open in GitHub Codespaces
• def gocen run and def gocen sys in my dotfiles
• Bootable Container (bootc) disk images
  • bootc switch ghcr.io/gbraad-devenv/centos-golang/systemd-bootc:stream9

These extensions are recommended for use with these repositories for quick access within Chrome-based browsers and editors.

• Gitpod
  • Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/gitpod/dodmmooeoklaejobgleioelladacbeki
  • Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gitpod/
  • VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=gitpod.gitpod-desktop
• CodeSandbox
  • Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/codesandbox/hdidglkcgdolpoijdckmafdnddjoglia
  • FireFox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/codesandbox/
  • VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CodeSandbox-io.codesandbox-projects
• Tailscale
  • VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tailscale.vscode-tailscale