What are the best cloud IDEs?

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Online IDEs remove a large part of the hassle of having to set up a plethora of tools even before any coding can begin, they can be accessed from any computer, can be easily shared and make it easier for everyone contributing to have the same setup. Online IDEs allow building, testing and previewing projects in the cloud.

The obvious drawback to online IDEs is Internet dependency. They can quickly become unreliable if there's any chance of Internet outages. And while whole environments can be spun up to test and preview projects, a cloud IDE is not a host. Projects can't be stored in the cloud and sharing has limits.

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The Best 1 of 35 OptionsWhy?

Best cloud IDEs	Price	Multi Language Support	Auto Complete
91 Codeanywhere	-	yes	yes
89 Codenvy	-	Yes	Yes
86 Koding	-	-	-
-- ShiftEdit	-	-	-
72 JSFiddle	-	-	-

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34 Other Options Considered

Codenvy

Top Pro

Easy setup

Once an account is set up and the user has logged in, all that's needed to start is to pick a language, a framework and a PaaS. Codenvy also allows anonymous logins albeit with some important limitations. See More

Top Con

No custom keyboard shortcuts

No possibility to create custom keyboard shortcuts. See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:Yes

Top Pro

Partly open source

Codenvy is a full multi-user, multi-account, multi-tenant implementation of Eclipse Che. See More

Top Con

No SSH, FTP mode

For example, "Code everywhere" allows using SSH, FTP as base of project. In Codenvy it's possible only through VM. See More

Top Pro

On-demand, instant-access, real-time collaborative IDEs

Codenvy "Factory" feature enables developers to create temporary IDE workspaces with full code, build, test, deploy, and collaboration functionality that can be shared with a URL. Multiple people can work in the same workspace making code reviews and teaching simpler and faster. And there's no limit to collaborators. Factories also work with external git repositories and can be shared with not registered users of Codenvy. It also allows counting how much a factory is used. See More

Top Con

No Collaborative editing

At the moment, Codenvy does not have real-time collaborative-editing. But this is on roadmap, and would be implemented soon. See More

Top Pro

Has a fully functional free tier

Codenvy provides a fully functional free tier with 3 GB of RAM and unlimited workspaces, free and public projects and developers. Premium subscription start at $1/month and offers machines with up to 200GB of RAM. Codenvy also offers an on-premises solution that costs $300/user/year. See More

Top Con

Lacks two-factor authentication

Top Pro

Powerful editor

Codenvy has a fast, secure browser-based editor that supports syntax highlighting, code completion, refactoring and more. It can be used to edit, build, run and debug projects. It even has multi-cursor support. The layout will be familiar to most developer, especially those experienced with Eclipse, with a file explorer on the left, code on the right and tabs for builders, runners, terminal and events at the bottom. See More

Top Con

Lacks Mercurial support

Currently the Codenvy supports Git and SVN Version Control Systems. There are no plans announced for Mercurial. See More

Top Pro

Beginner-friendly

It allows going to any box and pick up a project and work on it. See More

Top Con

Slow installation by default

Trying to install with "npm install" and the server restarts before the installation. However, you can circumvent this by using npm install --no-bin-links. See More

Top Pro

Fantastic Java support

All Java builders, syntax highlighting, class navigator, jump to package and declaration, and JavaDoc are present in Codenvy. See More

Top Con

Non-optimistic UI, typing results in letters being sent to server and back and then they show

Top Pro

Can provide a custom runtime environment

Codenvy can provide a runtime environment to test and debug code. This can also be used to share work progress with a client. Codenvy uses Docker as the runtime application and gives access to Dockerfiles allowing any environment that runs on Linux to be built. This allows using any database, reverse proxy or builder, etc. Codenvy even provides SSH access to running container in every image. There's also a selection of pre-built environments to speed up the development. See More

Top Pro

Git support

Codenvy supports all Git commands through UI and Codenvy CLI. Codenvy also integrates well with all major Git hosting providers including GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab. Sign up, sign in, repo cloning, uploading SSH keys are supported. Tutorials for integrating various providers can be found here. See More

Top Pro

Provides a terminal with root access

Codenvy offers a terminal with full root access into the machine. Since machines can be defined with Dockerfiles this gives the ability to create any custom environment for building, running or debuging and all the access that's needed to use it as a local machine. See More

Top Pro

Complete build lifecycle

The IDE allows validating, compiling, testing, packaging and deploying. See More

Top Pro

Integrates with a wide variety of tools

Codenvy offers first class support for code management, continuous integration, PaaS, and project management tools. See More

Top Pro

Self-hostable (priced)

Codenvy has an on-premises solution that allows running it on own hardware and behind a firewall. The service costs $300/user/year. See More

Top Pro

Automation of contribution to GitHub projects

Codenvy provides contribution button that can be placed in Readme.md file on GitHub. It automates contribution to the Github's projects. User clicks this button and it opens a ready to run/edit version of the project in Codenvy. If a user makes changes, Codenvy takes care of everything needed for the contribution on GitHub. fork of the origin project on github add ssh keys to push to github commit push create pull request in the origin project create factory url for review of this pull post this factory in pull request. Then project's owner can use posted link to code review/run project with changes. See More

Top Pro

Badge to start developing in one click

You can create a .codenvy.json containing the Factory configuration which includes what binaries to install and how to set up the IDE, may be even start the development server. Then create a badge and put it on your GitHub repository and people can start coding and may be compile and run your server with one click. See More

Top Pro

Lots of built-in templates

Top Pro

Nice interface

Look and usability of Codenvy IDE are nice and pleasant. See More

Top Pro

Can be used for Android development

Can be used for android development by adding Eclipse plugin. See More

Top Pro

Easy projects sharing

Projects are share by sharing the link (public projects), adding access rights (private and public projects) and factory. Factory allows to share projects along with build/run settings. To try run/review project recipient just need an URL. Factory also works with external git repositories so it allows share github/bitbucket/other git hosting projects. Recipient doesn't have to be registered. It also allows giving out a share button that activates the factory and counts how many times it is used. See More

Top Pro

Custom build system support

Codenvy allows setting up any build system via Dockerfile. Instructions on how to do it can be found here. See More

Top Pro

Has Eclipse plugin

Codenvy can be plugged into Eclipse offering choice between online and offline builds. Plugin can be found here. See More

Top Pro

Ease of use cloud IDE

One of the few good options out there for those who want to write and test applications in the cloud. Easy to setup, and easy to use. The interface is clean and works well on larger or smaller screens. It is easy to get an application up and running in no time. See More

Top Pro

Developer workspace replicas

Codenvy can create a recipe for a developer workspace that includes the build and run environment configuration plus all the IDE plug-ins, syntax rules, policies and other items. Then version and store that with the code in a repository. Makes it impossible to get a code change that doesn't build and run. See More

Top Pro

Quick support from staff

Top Pro

One-click automation

Top Pro

SSH Access

Can connect to the workspace via SSH for use with desktop editors. See More

Top Pro

Provides Java debugger

Top Pro

Portable workspaces

You can send someone a short JSON file and your whole workspace (projects, config and runtime) can be replicated for them in a separate container. Great for coordinating among team members. See More

Top Pro

Includes Subversion support

Codenvy includes full subversion version control support. See More

Top Pro

Install anywhere Docker runs

You can install Codenvy on any OS that has Docker running on it. The simple install syntax can work through proxies and even offline. You can use this for proxy install: https://codenvy.com/docs/admin-guide/installation/index.html#proxy-installation You can use this for offline install: https://codenvy.com/docs/admin-guide/installation/index.html#offline-installation See More

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Koding

Top Con

Non free/libre (proprietary)

Top Pro

Everything is supported

All languages, databases, and command-line tools are supported. Most machines are already set up with web project basics like Apache, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Node.js, Perl, and Python and anything else can be installed via the SSH root access. See More

Top Con

No real individual user support

While they do have plans available for 1-10 users, they are not focused on individual developers, so much as teams. See More

Top Pro

Ability to signup with Github

And link account to oDesk and Facebook. See More

Top Pro

Great community

Koding has a community feature that makes it easy to collaborate and share ideas with like minded developers all over the world. And the community itself is very active and helpful community. See More

Top Pro

Real-time collaboration

Real-time code and terminal collaboration with integrated chat abilities. See More

Top Pro

Built-in terminal

With 256-color support. See More

Top Pro

Various file upload options

Koding supports drag & drop, Dropbox, clone from Github, FTP and the ability to access them using SSH. See More

Top Pro

Built-in package manager

The Koding Package Manager (a successor to Apps) is command line tool for installing packages like nginx, Redis, VNC, Wordpress and many others. It consists of officially supported and user-built packages. See More

Top Pro

Communities

Ability to create different sized communities that can be public or private. See More

Top Pro

Social Stream

There's a built-in social network with developers from all over the world. See More

Top Pro

Unlimited domains and subdomains

Unlimited user-defined domains and subdomains for private or shared VMs can be set up. See More

Top Pro

Capable editor

Koding uses the Ace editor that's developed by Cloud9. Besides the basics, it covers most important advanced code editor features such as code folding, converting cases, auto-completion, code analysis and refactoring, regex search and offers easy access to relevant documentation. It also gives access to the CLI, has support for Vim and Emacs keybindings, includes multiple cursors and zen coding mode that removes all distractions and allows focusing on code. See More

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ShiftEdit

Top Con

Not user friendly

Top Pro

Low cost, high quality

Top Con

Non free/libre (proprietary)

Top Pro

Revision control

Top Pro

Syntax checking

Highlights syntax errors and automatically fix some errors See More

Top Pro

Supports multiple file access points

Access files from FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox, Google Drive or Amazon S3 See More

Top Pro

Supports autocomplete

Code completion for HTML tags, CSS and PHP code assist See More

Top Pro

SSH support

Allows connecting directly to a server and run commands on that server. See More

Top Pro

Good Customer Support

Help requests get answered quickly and successfully. See More

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JSFiddle

Top Con

Not actually an IDE

JSFiddle is not actually an IDE and is only suitable for small blocks of code. See More

Top Pro

CoffeeScript and SCSS support

In addition to supporting JavaScript and CSS, language settings can be switched to CoffeeScript and SCSS. See More

Top Con

Non free/libre (proprietary)

Top Pro

Allows collaborating on code

JSFiddle makes it easy to save the code snippets and send the link to others who can view and edit the code. See More

Top Pro

Supports a wide variety of frameworks and extensions

JSFiddle can switch to selection of frameworks and extensions including jQuery, AngularJS, ReactiveJS, D3 simply from a dropdown. See More

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SourceLair

Top Pro

Django stack, out of the box

SourceLair provides a minimal Django stack which can be used to host projects and see development results right away. Plus, there's a public link that can be used to share with colleagues or team. See More

Top Con

Expensive

SourceLair offers a free plan that allows you one private project. However if you want more projects, the Pro plan is fairly expensive at $8/month ($96/year). See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:Yes

Top Pro

Simple and efficient interface

SourceLair features a very efficient interface, containing only the tools needed, thus providing focus on what's important - code. See More

Top Con

Non free/libre (proprietary)

Top Pro

GitHub integration

SourceLair lets you log in and sign up with your GitHub account. This enables you to clone your GitHub repos with a single click and start working immediately on them. See More

Top Pro

Git & Mercurial support

Every software project on sourceLair is backed up by the Source Control Manager of your choice; Git or Mercurial. Clone repos, commit, pull and push changes and work with branches on the cloud without having to install and configure anything or worry about compatibility between your Source Control Manager and the system of your choice. See More

Top Pro

PHP real-time preview

You can split you editor and watch the result of your code in real time. See More

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Goorm IDE

Top Pro

Cloud IDE

Goorm IDE is a cloud IDE, making it easy to sign into and code from anywhere. See More

Top Con

English is not the primary language

If you do a google search for Goorm IDE, much of the results are in Korean, which is the same with their social media. If you don't speak Korean, you may have difficulty finding more information on Goorm or asking for help/support. See More

kyoungsik.choi's Experience

I got really great experience using goorm IDE becase of its convenience. Also, I was able to create up to 5 containers despite being a free user. See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:yes (over 12)

Auto Complete:yes

Git:yes

Integrated Debugger:yes

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Top Pro

Supports most languages and frameworks

Goorm IDE has support for C, C++, Java, Js, python, ruby, node express, jquery, angular, and bootstrap. It even supports web server and integrated debuggger. See More

Edward Wissler's Experience

It's new!!! Supports sharing my containers via SNS to be helped or co-work. See More

Top Pro

Super easy

No more configurations, just a few clicks. It's fully ready to develop. See More

Top Pro

Collaboration

container sharing which is able to chat and multi-cursor up to 10 instances. container sharing as Url links. chatting See More

Top Pro

Multi-lingual UI

Supports English, Japanese and Korean at this moment and is extending for international customers. See More

Top Pro

Free resources for free users

Up to 5 containers can be created for free users. See More

Top Pro

Root access to shell

Goorm allows the user to access their shell as the root user, and SSH is also supported. See More

Top Pro

Extremely easy sharing via URL

Copy your URL and share. That's all to share and collaborate. If you need help from a friend, just share it. lol See More

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Browxy

Top Pro

Create a simple Java project in one click

nixx's Experience

Basically this is good for anyone at any level who wants to quickly run a Java code for debugging /other reasons. See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:yes

Top Pro

The new beta version supports a full filetree to add/create and delete files

Top Pro

The new beta version has a forum to ask for coding help

The new beta version supports a full forum backed up with PHPBB to ask for help in any of the supported languages. See More

Top Pro

Publish your project to a public URL

Top Pro

No login required to run programs

Top Pro

Add, create and delete your projects

Top Pro

Run interactive programs and applets

Top Pro

The new beta version supports more languages

It supports C, C++, Java, Php, Python and C#. See More

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Eclipse Che

Top Pro

Open source / self hostable

You can run it on your server to allow your team to edit files using just a browser. Simplest may be using one of the Docker images. See More

Top Con

Single-user, no authentication

Eclipse Che is single user without even any authentication (it's recommended to run it behind Nginx to add authentication). One can run an instance for each user, or switch to Codenvy (which is a multi-tenant, multi-user, elastic implementation of Che). Currently it is unsafe to deploy it on a publicly accessible network, and Che behind Nginx isn't enough, because other ports don't use HTTP protocol and also require no authentication. See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

Cross Platform:Yes

Source Control Integration:Yes

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Top Pro

Custom commands

You can package up custom commands with the workspace and then use them (or share them) with everyone else. See More

Top Con

Currently no search and replace in multiple files

There is a search in multiple files, and search & replace in current file, but not something to perform a search & replace in multiple files. However using the terminal to perform such operations is possible (if you know how to do that). See More

Top Pro

Very active development

It only exists since Feb 2016 and has currently many commits each week. See More

Top Con

Slow runtime

Online IDE is much slower than desktop one. See More

Top Pro

SSH terminal

Che injects an SSH daemon into workspace machines. Connect your existing IDE–Eclipse if you like–with an SSH sync point. Upload your key pair or have Che generate a new pair for each workspace. You can also access your workspace with Che's browser terminal, giving you root access to workspace machines. See More

Top Pro

Docker-based workspaces

Allows anyone to build and test your application from anywhere. Starts a Docker image and mounts your project into it, allowing your to control the runtime environment. Out of the box Che uses Docker as runtime provider but can use a remote SSH or many other. A custom Stack is basically you writing a Dockerfile. See More

Top Pro

(Basic) multi-cursor edit

Allows to edit multiple things at once by having multiple cursors. Currently it's still basic compared to Sublime Text (can Ctrl + Click to add selection). See More

Top Pro

Git and SVN support

Projects can be easily imported from any Git or Svn repository hosting service. See More

Top Pro

Extensible via plug-ins

There are multiple built-in plugins and one can create a new plugins. See More

Top Pro

Supports custom SSH keys

You can generate or upload SSH keys to use either to login your VCS (like Git) or remote SSH (from a workspace click on Profile > Preferences). See More

Top Pro

Polished UI

The interface is modern and polished with animated transitions in that it feels like a professional grade web app. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful graphic

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StackBlitz

Top Pro

TypeScript autocompletion

Which is a feature not available in Plunker. See More

Top Con

Not connected with git private repositories (bitbucket)

EOP Johnson's Experience

Nice niche between codepen/jsfiddle and spinning up your own OS in the cloud. See More

Top Pro

Angular, React, and Ionic support out of the box

Already configured Angular, React and Ionic projects out of the box, with hot module reload while writing. See More

Nicolás Wernli's Experience

It´s a VSCode in the Cloud See More

Top Pro

Code sharing support

Code sharing is just amazing. Official Angular.io documentation is changing to StackBlitz for the code on their documentation. See More

Top Pro

Fast

It feels much faster than Plunker for Angular 4 code. See More

Top Pro

Nice UI

Looks great and makes it more enjoyable to work with. See More

Top Pro

Can be used offline

StackBlitz is using PWA APIs to allow user to use the service even offline. See More

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PaizaCloud IDE

Top Pro

3 seconds instant launch

PaizaCloud launches new development environment server just in 3 seconds. So, you can casually create or destroy server. See More

Tsuneo Yoshioka's Experience

On PaizaCloud IDE, I can start new clean development environment. So, I can start new things without afraid of breaking my machine. Floating window mode and root access gives me freedom. PaizaCloud is like LEGO blocks. See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:Yes

Top Pro

Floating window manager

PaizaCloud provides Floating window manager like Windows or Mac by default. It makes the environment more flexible. PaizaCloud also provides Tab window mode when you want to use the full screen for one purpose. See More

EarnestUranus's Experience

good! See More

Top Pro

HTTP/HTTPS access to any ports

PaizaCloud allow you to access almost all ports for HTTP/HTTPs access. See More

Top Pro

No credit card required

No credit card is required for FREE plan. See More

Top Pro

Internationalization

PaizaCloud's Editor or Terminal fully support non-ASCII languages like Japanese, Chinese, European languages. See More

Top Pro

Extensible PaizaCloud app

PaizaCloud provides standard application like File manager, Editor, Terminal. But, PaizaCloud also provides the possibility to add or even create new App-for-PaizaCloud using HTML/CSS. See More

Top Pro

Terminal with root

In PaizaCloud, you can sudo to root. So, you can install packages, or run service freely. See More

Top Pro

Supports Jupyter notebook

PaizaCloud has Jupyter Notebook support with Python libraries like NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, or matplotlib built-in. See More

Top Pro

Google Home / Google Assistant development in the browser

As PaizaCloud runs in the cloud, you can develop and run the Google Home / Google Assistant application, without deploying to another server. See More

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Coder

Top Pro

Access linux from any OS

Top Con

No offline mode

But if you have internet when coding, you can look stuff up so it might not be an issue for everyone. See More

AmbitiousKurdalaegon's Experience

just wish they had a store so I could have more diskspace (right now 3g for container 3g for workspace) but I think they said it's coming soon-also an app would be nice See More

Top Pro

Collaborate in real time

Top Pro

C# support

Although not very clearly stated, it seems to support C#, see Release notes. However, how to get a C# application running is a complete mystery ... See More

Top Pro

Code in the browser

Top Pro

full VS Code + extensions

Top Pro

Access up to 96 cores

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CodeTasty

Top Pro

Beautiful, user friendly website

The website has a beautiful design and is very easy to nagivate and find what you're looking for. See More

Top Con

Young project

CodeTasty is a fairly new IDE and still has some catching up to do in terms of community size and ironing out bugs. See More

ReveredRhiannon's Experience

CodeTasty is smooth and fast, and has great support. It looks nice while having handy extensions and working very well. Highly recommended! See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:Yes

Top Pro

Code complete

Best code completion for php, javascript and css. See More

Top Pro

Smooth

The entire IDE interface is smooth and flexible, making it easy to use for any developer. See More

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ICEcoder

Top Pro

Host it youself

A solution you can download, install in your server and be coding online with 60 seconds. See More

Ariel Balter's Experience

It is totally easy to install and use. No special ports or proxies. Just drop it in a directory and go! I'd like to see the creator get more support udpating it as it does have a few quirks still. See More

Top Pro

Very fast

Loads in a split second after login, files load very quickly and feels very responsive. See More

UpbeatFodla's Experience

Saving is very dodgy. Creates duplicate lines in the file being saved, and at random will ping 'your file was updated on the server' - even though there are no changes. See More

Top Pro

Tiny but very powerful

Zipped install is around 0.5MB, but it's a very powerful editor that covers a lot See More

Top Pro

Libre/Open source

Source code under MIT license. See More

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Codebox

Top Con

Single project

Each instance of Codebox is meant to be used for a single project. See More

Top Pro

Simple Git commit/sync UI

Using the UI to commit and push and pull Git commits is simple on Codebox; simpler than most cloud IDE. Of course one can always use the Git CLI. See More

Top Con

Not maintained

Was sold to a company and has not been maintained since (April 2015). You can read more about it here. See More

Top Pro

Has some off-line editing support

Provides some off-line editing. See More

Top Pro

Easy to remember Ctrl + Shift + P command pallette

If you only remember one thing, make it cmd-shift-P (or ctrl-shift-P on Windows and Linux). This keystroke toggles the command palette, which lists every command. See More

Top Pro

Open source / self-hostable

Top Pro

Supports multiple selections

You can have multiple cursors at once to perform changes on multiple places at once (like Sublime Text). See More

Top Pro

Good web terminal

Top Pro

Split window

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Google Cloud Shell

Top Pro

VM is always up-to-date, making it more secure

Because the VM image is managed by Google and either provided entirely by Google or configured by a Dockerfile (which is regularly rebuilt), packages are far more likely to be kept up-to-date with the last patches and security fixes compared with Cloud IDEs that give you your own VM and make you, yourself, in charge of applying updates. See More

Top Con

Ephemeral Disk

Software installed globally as root (such as via "sudo apt-get install..." ) can be lost when restarting Cloud Shell; any software that needs to be persistent has to be installed in the user directory (or made part of the Docker image for the custom Cloud Shell image). See More

Specs

Multi Language Support:Yes

Top Pro

Supports custom software packages via a Dockerfile configuring the Cloud Shell image

With Cloud Shell custom environments (an early access feature), it is possible to specify a "Dockerfile" to specify a custom VM image to use for the Cloud Shell environment. This Dockerfile can be used to install packages with apt-get, npm, pip, etc. globally. See More

Top Con

Minimal UI

Cloud Shell's editor is not as featureful as some alternatives. See More

Top Pro

Already has Google Cloud SDK and other tooling installed

Thus eliminating a setup step for interacting with Google Cloud. See More

Top Pro

Already provisioned with Google Application Default Credentials

This makes it easier to run/test code that interacts with Google APIs. See More

Top Pro

Includes Eclipse Orion IDE already configured

Eclipse Orion can be difficult to setup/configure if creating a do-it-yourself VM running Eclipse. This makes it easier to have a working IDE. See More

Top Pro

Inexpensive

Google Cloud Shell is free for Google Cloud Platform customers. See More

Top Pro

Supports multiple open files at the same time

One can split the screen and edit two files at once, making it easy to edit one file while consulting the contents of some other file. See More

Top Pro

Supports editor and terminal in the same screen

This makes it easy to run commands while editing files at the same time. See More

Top Pro

Supports "Boost Mode"

Allowing you to provision a more powerful instance when necessary. See More

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Codio

Top Con

Private projects aren't free

The pricing plan looks too restrictive comparing to other Coding Cloud solutions. See More

Top Pro

Designed to teach programming

Top Pro

Fully functional terminal

Codio gives you full access to a terminal, with all the ubuntu commands. You can use the terminal within the page, or you can access by SSH from your computer. See More

Top Pro

Emmet

Emmet support for a whole range of features that really boost productivity when working with HTML and CSS. These features include expanding abbreviations into full HTML or CSS as well as some very powerful keyboard shortcuts. See More

Top Pro

BitBucket integration

It's possible to launch Codio from within BitBucket's repo by adding Codio integration as an add-on. See More

Top Pro

Server-side environment

Top Pro

Node.js included by default.

Top Pro

Monokai

Includes Monokai style theme by Luigi Maselli. See More

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