Yes, Gitpod is open-source and can be self-hosted: https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/
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I think Gitpod Self-Hosted was successfully installed on GCP, AWS, and Azure, and we're working on documenting the process.
It also works with self-managed GitHub and GitLab installations (with Bitbucket coming soon).
However, if you do need something based on open-source that works with GitLab, take a look at https://www.gitpod.io
You can even self-host it: https://www.gitpod.io/blog/gitpod-self-hosted-0.4.0/
Gitpod also has user-specific Preferences, and even user-specific VS Code extensions. (Usually customization places have a "Workspace" tab and a "User" tab.)
However, we do extensive testing of Gitpod and Theia on mobile devices, and work around bugs or contribute fixes upstream to Monaco when possible.
Gitpod/Theia users now report that the iPad experience is great, and we continue to push forward on improving it.
On the other hand, VS Codespaces blocks you with a "This browser is not supported" error page when you're not using Chrome. (Even pre-Chromium Edge is unsupported.) But you absolutely need Safari support to work on iPad (all browsers there are basically just Safari skins).
Microsoft/GitHub joining the dev-environment-as-code movement is huge, will likely save us all a few more years of dependency-hell.
(EDIT: Removed official blog post link because taywrobel posted it first)
Also, Theia indeed uses the Monaco editor, and various other open-source components also found in VS Code. The developers of Theia and VS Code actually collaborate on these.
And finally, Theia fully supports VS Code extensions. There is even an effort to make this IDE extension format an open standard: https://open-vsx.org
- It's not Theia versus VS Code
- Theia is not an "open-source alternative to VS Code"
- Theia is not a "rip-off of VS Code"
While confrontational narratives are appealing, it's more subtle than that: Theia is based on VS Code to address a different kind of need.
Much like TypeScript doesn't try to replace JavaScript, but builds on JS to address the need for type safety, Theia doesn't try to replace VS Code, but builds on VS Code to address the need for a framework to build IDEs for desktop (e.g. Arduino Pro, Arm mbed...) and for the cloud (e.g. Gitpod, Google Cloud Shell...).
Maybe you accidentally have a double-quote in your URL?
The other options are just IDEs in a browser where you still have to hammer together your own setup + build manually every time.
We couldn't address it in time for the launch, so basically all the website's pricing options currently point directly to where you can buy them in the app, which implies a GitHub sign-in (where only a valid email is requested, NB).
We're planning to add un-authed pages with more info about each plan, but we also prefer spending our time on improving the developer experience rather than on payment options, so it may take a bit of time.
Worth noting that this type of deep integration is totally possible with the Web: you can use many APIs like voice recognition, alarms, etc. "3rd-party apps" from the web can very well integrate deeply with your device, if you allow them.