sshcode

This project has been deprecated in favour of the code-server install script

See the discussion in #185

sshcode

It uploads your extensions and settings automatically, so you can seamlessly use remote servers as VS Code hosts.

If you have Chrome installed, it opens the browser in app mode. That means there's no keybind conflicts, address bar, or indication that you're coding within a browser. It feels just like native VS Code.

Install

Have Chrome installed for the best experience.

Install with

go

go get -u go.coder.com/sshcode

Or, grab a pre-built binary.

OS Support

We currently support: - Linux - MacOS - WSL

For the remote server, we currently only support Linux

x86_64

glibc

musl

Usage

sshcode [email protected]
# Starts code-server on dev.kwc.io and opens in a new browser window.

You can specify a remote directory as the second argument:

sshcode [email protected] "~/projects/sourcegraph"

Extensions & Settings Sync

By default,

sshcode

rsync

This operation may take a while on a slow connections, but will be fast on follow-up connections to the same server.

To disable this feature entirely, pass the

--skipsync

Custom settings directories

If you're using an alternate release of VS Code such as VS Code Insiders, you must specify your settings directories through the

VSCODE_CONFIG_DIR

VSCODE_EXTENSIONS_DIR

The following will make

sshcode

MacOS

export VSCODE_CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code - Insiders/User"
export VSCODE_EXTENSIONS_DIR="$HOME/.vscode-insiders/extensions"

Linux

export VSCODE_CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.config/Code - Insiders/User"
export VSCODE_EXTENSIONS_DIR="$HOME/.vscode-insiders/extensions"

Sync-back

By default, VS Code changes on the remote server won't be synced back when the connection closes. To synchronize back to local when the connection ends, pass the

-b