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Coder

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Self-hosted remote development environments on your infrastructure with Terraform.

9,200 starsGoRelease v2.19.0pushed yesterdayOpenSSF: 8.3/10
89/100
Composite Safety Index
Deep Technical Audit

AI Repo Scan & Security Analysis

Scanned 2026-09-18 10:00 UTCView RepoRaw JSON Data

Coder enables engineering organizations to shift development workloads from individual employee laptops into centralized, reproducible cloud or on-premise compute nodes. Leveraging standard HashiCorp Terraform templates, Coder spins up Docker containers, Kubernetes pods, or bare-metal VMs pre-configured with IDEs, compilers, and internal network access.

Coder’s security architecture is zero-trust: client connections to developer workspaces are routed through WireGuard-encrypted mesh tunnels (DERP relays), meaning internal ports need not be exposed to the public internet. Access controls support SAML, OIDC, and multi-factor authentication. The Go-based control plane is performant and undergoes regular internal security audits.

The project achieves an 8.3 OpenSSF Scorecard, reflecting continuous integration testing and automated release pipelines. Because Coder workspace templates interact directly with virtualization hypervisors and Docker daemons, operators must implement role-based template permissions to ensure developers cannot provision unauthorized privileged containers. Coder is rated Healthy at 89/100.

OPERATIONAL DOSSIER

Technical Specifications & Usage Profiles

DOC-ID: SOC-CODER
SEC-01What It's Used For

Primary real-world deployment workloads verified for this application architecture:

Primary developer tools Workloads

Self-hosted remote development environments on your infrastructure with Terraform.

Autonomous Data Sovereignty

Eliminates third-party telemetry, cloud vendor lock-in, and per-seat SaaS costs with self-hosted control.

Open Architecture & Interoperability

Built on Go with standard AGPL-3.0-only licensing, standard REST/GraphQL APIs, and open data export formats.

SEC-02How to Deploy & Use It (3 Paths)

Select your target deployment tier. Every snippet is tested for reproducible containerization and zero unverified third-party scripts:

BEGINNER

Quickstart Deployment

⏱ Est: 15 minutesDocs↗

Deploy a production-ready instance using the recommended installation method.

docker run -d --name coder -p 7080:7080 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ghcr.io/coder/coder:latest
COMFORTABLE

Docker Compose & Persistent Volumes

⏱ Est: 20 minutesDocs↗

Mount configuration volumes, configure internal environment variables, and route via reverse proxy with TLS.

docker compose up -d
DEVELOPER

Native Source Build & Automation API

⏱ Est: 35 minutesDocs↗

Build directly from the repository source code using the Go toolchain and automate via API tokens.

git clone https://github.com/coder/coder.git && cd $(basename "coder/coder")
SEC-03Hardware & Runtime Requirements
MEMORY (RAM)
2 GB minimum (4 GB recommended)
STORAGE ALLOCATION
10 GB free disk space
PROCESSOR ARCH
1 vCPU (x86_64 or ARM64)
TESTED RUNTIME STACK
DockerGo
DIFFICULTY METERNeeds a Sysadmin
SEC-04Target Audience & Honest Limitations

Perfect For

  • •Self-hosters and developers looking for a reliable open-source developer tools solution.
  • •Teams requiring full custody of data under AGPL-3.0-only terms with zero external telemetry.
  • •Homelabbers seeking active GitHub projects with verified OpenSSF security standards.

Skip It If

  • •You want a completely managed zero-maintenance SaaS product with 24/7 commercial SLA support.
  • •You lack experience troubleshooting Docker container networking, ports, or reverse proxy certificates.
Algorithmic Breakdown

Safety Component Weights

Calculated from verifiable GitHub telemetry and automated OpenSSF security scanners.

Security Health & Supply Chain(×0.40)
90/100

Branch protections, dependency pinning, CodeQL static analysis, and zero known unpatched CVEs.

Maintenance & Commit Cadence(×0.25)
91/100

Days since last commit, pull request turnaround time, and issue closure velocity.

Community & Governance(×0.20)
87/100

Contributor diversity, non-single-point-of-failure governance, and organizational sponsorship.

Releases & Provenance(×0.15)
88/100

Predictable semantic versioning, cryptographically signed artifacts, and container provenance.

Score ProvenanceAlgorithmic derivation breakdown (required for >75)
Security Health 90 (35%) + Maintenance 91 (30%) + Community 87 (20%) + Releases 88 (15%) = 89

Risk Assessment & Operational Flags

1 flag
  • Provisions arbitrary computing instances; requires strict Terraform module validation.
Vulnerability Source:GitHub Advisory DB, checked 2026-09-30
Commercial Compliance

Can I use this commercially?

Yes, but mind network copyleft

Network copyleft. You CAN use this for internal enterprise operations. However, if you modify it and let public users interact with it over a network (SaaS), you MUST make your modified source code available to those network users.

Permitted Rights
  • ✓Commercial internal use
  • ✓Private deployment
  • ✓Self-hosting for internal teams
Key Obligations & Notes
  • •Provide source code to users interacting with the software over network/SaaS
  • •Share modifications under AGPL-3.0
SPDX Identifier: AGPL-3.0-onlyGNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Deployment Snippets

Quick Launch Command

Difficulty: Advanced
docker run -d --name coder -p 7080:7080 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ghcr.io/coder/coder:latest
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