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DevPod allows dev teams to take full control over their dev environments, without being locked into a specific provider. Developers can write code in any language, and run it anywhere. For example, they can test on virtual machines, or code in Python with VS Code running on Docker Desktop, or in Go running in EKS. If the provider they need doesn’t exist, they can build it.
Compared to GitPod:
- DevPod does not require any signup
- Open-Source: DevPod is 100% open-source and extensible. A provider doesn’t exist? Just create your own.
- Client-only: No need to install a server backend. DevPod runs solely on your computer.
- Cross IDE support: VS Code and the full JetBrains suite is supported. Other IDEs can be connected through ssh.
- Rich feature set: DevPod already supports prebuilds, auto inactivity shutdown, git & docker credentials sync, with many more features to come.
Check out the full comparison below:
| Feature | DevPod | GitPod | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Type | Self-hosted | SaaS + Self-hosted | ||
| Cost | Pay for cloud | Pay GitPod | ||
| Self-hosting | Yes | Paid | ||
| Signup Required | No | Yes | ||
| Client Side | Yes | No | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes + Commercial | ||
| Auto inactivity shutdown | Yes | Yes | ||
| Prebuilds | Supported | Supported | ||
| Environment build tool | API calls on Cloud VM, Containers on Kubernetes and Docker | Docker Container on GCP | ||
| Raw pre-configured VMs | Yes | No | ||
| Terraform required | No | No | ||
| Command line access | Yes | Yes | ||
| Internet access required | No | Yes | ||
| Existing Kubernetes clusters | Supported | Not supported | ||
| Existing machines with SSH | Supported | Not supported | ||
| Try in seconds (cloud) | Yes | Yes (Managed) | ||
| Try in seconds (laptop) | Yes | No | ||
| Support for multiple languages | Yes | Yes | ||
| Support for new cloud providers by community | Yes | No | ||
| GPUs in workspaces | Yes | No | ||
| Devcontainers support | Yes | No | ||
| Multi Devcontainers support for mono repo | Yes | No | ||
| Security isolation | Unopinionated | Opinionated | ||
| Customization | High | Low | ||
| Audit log | Yes | No | ||
| VS Code IDE support | Yes | Yes | ||
| Jupyter notebook support | Yes | No | ||
| JetBrains Fleets support | Yes | No | ||
| JetBrains IDE support through Gateway | Yes | Yes | ||
| Desktop application | Yes | No | ||
| Any SCM provider | Yes | No | ||
| GitHub Integration | Yes | Yes | ||
| GitLab Integration | Yes | Yes | ||
| Bitbucket Integration | Yes | Yes | ||
| Azure DevOps | Yes | No |
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