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- [Can I use Docker in a code-server container?](#can-i-use-docker-in-a-code-server-container) - [Can I use Docker in a code-server container?](#can-i-use-docker-in-a-code-server-container)
- [How do I disable telemetry?](#how-do-i-disable-telemetry) - [How do I disable telemetry?](#how-do-i-disable-telemetry)
- [What's the difference between code-server and Theia?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-theia) - [What's the difference between code-server and Theia?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-theia)
- [What's the difference between code-server and VS Code Codespaces?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-vs-code-codespaces) - [What's the difference between code-server and OpenVSCode-Server?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-openvscode-server)
- [What's the difference between code-server and GitHub Codespaces?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-github-codespaces)
- [Does code-server have any security login validation?](#does-code-server-have-any-security-login-validation) - [Does code-server have any security login validation?](#does-code-server-have-any-security-login-validation)
- [Are there community projects involving code-server?](#are-there-community-projects-involving-code-server) - [Are there community projects involving code-server?](#are-there-community-projects-involving-code-server)
- [How do I change the port?](#how-do-i-change-the-port) - [How do I change the port?](#how-do-i-change-the-port)
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Theia doesn't allow you to reuse your existing VS Code config. Theia doesn't allow you to reuse your existing VS Code config.
## What's the difference between code-server and VS Code Codespaces? ## What's the difference between code-server and OpenVSCode-Server?
Both code-server and VS Code Codespaces allow you to access VS Code via a code-server and OpenVSCode-Server both allow you to access VS Code via a
browser. 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.
VS Code Codespaces, however, is a closed-source, paid service offered by However, OpenVSCode-Server is scoped at only making VS Code available in the web browser.
Microsoft. While you can self-host environments with VS Code Codespaces, you code-server includes some other features:
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 - password auth
machine with few limitations. - 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 GitHub Codespaces?
Both code-server and GitHub Codespaces allow you to access VS Code via a
browser. GitHub Codespaces, however, is a closed-source, paid service offered by
GitHub and Microsoft.
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? ## Does code-server have any security login validation?