diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md index 8ade51ce7..9aa520900 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/FAQ.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ + # FAQ - [Questions?](#questions) @@ -377,18 +378,31 @@ for extensions. Theia doesn't allow you to reuse your existing VS Code config. +## What's the difference between code-server and OpenVSCode-Server? + +code-server and OpenVSCode-Servr both allow you to access VS Code via a +browser. The two projects also use their own [forks of VS Code](https://github.com/cdr/vscode) to +leverage modern VS Code APIs and stay up to date with the upsteam version. + +However, OpenVSCode-Server is scoped at only making VS Code avalible in the web browser. +code-server includes some other features: + +- password auth +- proxy web ports +- certificate support +- plugin API +- settings sync (coming soon) + +For more details, see [this discussion post](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/discussions/4267#discussioncomment-1411583). + ## What's the difference between code-server and VS Code Codespaces? Both code-server and VS Code Codespaces allow you to access VS Code via a -browser. +browser. VS Code Codespaces, however, is a closed-source, paid service offered by +Microsoft. Codespaces are hosted in Microsoft's cloud. -VS Code Codespaces, however, is a closed-source, paid service offered by -Microsoft. While you can self-host environments with VS Code Codespaces, you -still need an Azure billing account, and you must access VS Code via the -Codespaces web dashboard instead of connecting directly to it. - -On the other hand, code-server is free, open-source, and can be run on any -machine with few limitations. +On the other hand, code-server is self-hosted, free, open-source, and +can be run on any machine with few limitations. ## Does code-server have any security login validation?