Repository for Dev Container Templates that are managed by Dev Container spec maintainers. See https://github.com/devcontainers/template-starter to create your own!

The primary file in a dev container configuration is the devcontainer.json file. You can use this file to determine the environment of codespaces created for your repository. The contents of this file define a dev container that can include frameworks, tools, extensions, and port forwarding.

November 3, 2021 - We host a set of Templates as part of the spec in the devcontainers/templates repository. You can browse the src folder of that repository to see the contents of each Template. The VS Code window (instance) will reload, clone the source code, and start building the dev container. A progress notification provides status updates. If you pasted in a GitHub pull request URL in step 2, the PR will be automatically checked out and the GitHub Pull Requests extension will be installed in the container.

This action heavily relies on the devcontainers/cli for various operations. By default, this action will fetch the latest version published to npm. The devcontainer-cli-version property can be used to pin to a specific CLI release.

November 30, 2023 - The definitions describe the appropriate container image, runtime arguments for starting the container, and VS Code extensions that should be installed. Each provides a container configuration file (devcontainer.json) and other needed files that you can drop into any existing folder as a starting point for containerizing your project.

You can customize the dev container configuration for your repository.

NOTE: Most of the contents of this repository have been migrated to the new devcontainers GitHub org (https://github.com/devcontainers).

March 7, 2023 - It gives us the ability to predefine our dev environment in our repositories and use a consistent, reliable environment across the board without worrying about configuration files—since it’s all set up for us from the beginning with a devcontainer.json file.

You can add a dev container to an existing application by creating devcontainer.json in the .devcontainer/ directory at the top level of the repository.

Development containers documentation and specification page.

Also notice that utilities like pylint and the Python extension are installed. Tools are installed in the mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python image and Dev Container settings and metadata are automatically picked up from image labels.

You can add a custom dev container configuration to your repository to set up the GitHub Codespaces development environment for your codebase.

Update the dev container CLI to automatically redirect from devcontainers-contrib to devcontainers-extra · Show a warning in VS Code and GitHub Codespaces about the state of devcontainers-contrib and redirection to devcontainers-extra (to ensure users are aware and devcontainers-extra gets ...

devcontainers-contrib has one repository available. Follow their code on GitHub.

By default, the latest version of the feature will be used. To choose a different version, or configure other options for the feature, expand the properties listed under "Options" to view the available values, then add the options by manually editing the object in your devcontainer.json file.

Devcontainers Configs. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

These images are intended for use with tools and services that support the Dev Container Specification⁠. Their contents, and corresponding devcontainer.json files are typically tied to releases at https://github.com/devcontainers/images⁠.

"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {}, "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/sshd:1": {} }, · // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally. // "forwardPorts": [], · // Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.

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DevContainers (Development Containers) are a technology that allows developers to package a fully functional development environment inside containers.