Code-Server Multi-user
Is there currently a self-hosted way of getting multiple users in the same code-server session and see each other like in VSCode Live Share?
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Category
Other
Product
code-server
Platform
Linux
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Currently there is no solution to support this out of the box natively.
There is some related discussion here: https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues/33
GitHub
Collaboration (multi user) support · Issue #33 · coder/code-server
It's not documented whether multiple users can use one self hosted installation at once or not. Is this a supported use case?
If you are using Coder then you can use the
vscode-web module to use MS code-server and try installing the VSCode Live extension.
https://registry.coder.com/modules/vscode-web
https://github.com/coder/coderVS Code Web - Coder Registry
VS Code Web - Visual Studio Code in the browser
GitHub
GitHub - coder/coder: Provision remote development environments via...
Provision remote development environments via Terraform - coder/coder
Is there currently a community made solution or not an official solution?
You can search for related discussion on code-server GitHub issues.
For example this issue discussion has some workarounds.
https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues/388
GitHub
Add support for live share · Issue #388 · coder/code-server
I recently got code-server running on my server, but I was unable to get live share. I know that you have to manually install it with the .vsix, which I did. However, the status bar item won't ...
Note: I have not tested these solutions myself
The suggested solutions seems like they just add VSCode live share. I would like so multiple users can access the same VSCode web link and access the same code and also have full access to the whole entirety of VSCode (terminal, ports) without going thru a live share.
You should probably look into using Coder then
You can share a
coder_app of a workspace with all coder users or public
Okay thanks.
just to clarify: whilst Coder can bring collaboration features, you won't get the same experience as VS Live Share or other online document editing software where you see the other's cursor etc
I think the only workaround currently is to use VS Live Share sadly
Is this being worked on currently or no?
I don't think it is but I could be wrong
there's currently an issue about this in coder/code-server -> https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues/33
GitHub
Collaboration (multi user) support · Issue #33 · coder/code-server
It's not documented whether multiple users can use one self hosted installation at once or not. Is this a supported use case?
for Microsoft's web VSCode solution, I couldn't find any related issue