Try this https://securingsincity.github.io/react-ace/ its something of the same king what you want

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Code-server: Self-Hosted VS Code in Your Browser
Code-server is the self-hosted VS Code in the browser project from Coder, and after two years of using it as my primary editor on the road, it has earned the trust I extend to the boxes that run my client work.
Published: April 26, 2026
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Like Eclipse Theia, is it possible to run VS Code centrally, so it can be accessed remotely via browser (in multi-user scenarios using)? I am NOT talking about "https://vscode.dev/" (I am aware of that). I am curious about private hosting, with custom plugins, etc. More on stackoverflow.com
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VSCode Online: Headless/Server-Only Environments

You can do it with X11 forwarding, I've done it from a Docker container and forwarded to an X11 server on Windows to run VSCode in Docker, see this blog post.

This isn't really VS Code Online though, that's somewhat different.

In reality you're better off using VS Code Remote Extensions which allow you to connect to a remote server SSH or connect to a Docker container. I use the SSH extension to run VS Code on my Raspberry Pi and the WSL extension to do all normal dev.

I chatted to the VS Code Online team this week and they pointed me to this page on the docs about VS Code Online + Remote, turns out that Online just becomes another "style" of remote extension! I haven't had time to try it though.

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How is code-server different from VS Code Web?
VS Code Web is the Microsoft-hosted version that runs on vscode.dev or in GitHub Codespaces. Code-server is the open-source project from Coder that you self-host. Same VS Code editor, your server, your extensions, no Microsoft account required, and full Linux shell access from the integrated terminal. The Microsoft version is great for quick edits in a known repo. Code-server is what I use when I want a real development environment that follows me between devices.
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Code-server: Self-Hosted VS Code in Your Browser
Is this the same as Microsoft VS Code?
It is the same editor core, built as openvscode-server, the open-source build that runs as a server. It does not include the proprietary Microsoft Marketplace or Microsoft account sign-in, so extensions come from the open registry. The editing experience is the one you know.
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Is code-server safe behind Cloudflare Tunnel?
Yes, and it's the deployment I prefer when a client doesn't have a static office IP. Cloudflare Tunnel terminates TLS at Cloudflare's edge, never opens an inbound port on your VPS, and lets you bolt on Cloudflare Access for an extra auth layer in front of code-server's own login. The one thing to watch: large file uploads and long-running terminal sessions occasionally hit the 100-second timeout on the free tier. For everyday editing, it's fine.
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Wait… is that VS Code running in your browser? | by Manoj Rathi | Medium
March 7, 2026 - Troubleshooting ... Subcommands chat Pass in a prompt to run in a chat session in the current working directory. serve-web Run a server that displays the editor UI in browsers. tunnel Make the current machine accessible from vscode.dev or other machines through a secure tunnel.
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January 3, 2025 -

With the exception of Plex, which I've been hosting for 10-12 years, I've been homelabbing for the last 5 years. Lots of things learned, lots of mistakes made, or just poor design decisions, but overall I've done well. That said, for the last 5 years I have solely relied on nano in the CLI, or occasionally using Notepad++ for more features, editing offline, then copying within nano.

I casually noticed VSCode in many YT videos, but no one seems to talk about it. Most YouTubers are likely developers of some sort in their day job, so this was just an obvious application to use. I however work an incredibly boring office job that is incredibly low tech. I've learned lots of YAML over the years, but am far from a coder.

This weekend I decided to try out homepage instead of Heimdall. There is a lot of yaml, and default nano is so horribly inefficient for the task. I downloaded VSCode, and once I figured out the basics it's like driving in the fast lane. To have proper formatting, switch between files quickly, pull up a console with a keystroke, and today I discovered I can just drag and drop a file from my local machine right to the remote session.

Game changer. Most of you I'm certain already knew all this, but for the handful, who like me were blissfully unaware, download VSCode and try it out. Nano is still great for fast things, but this is just something else.

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Self-hosted Visual Studio Code Server with pre-installed development tooling - John Nolan
July 31, 2025 - I quickly discovered I could use a self-hosted version of Visual Studio Code Server. Visual Studio Code Server is a service that allows you to run a virtual machine preconfigured with a Visual Studio web interface, to have a stable and consistent development environment across devices. This means if I am on my Chromebook, I can connect via the browser and on my windows machine connect via the VS Code application.
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April 25, 2026 - While a bit scarcer, there are also mature FOSS solutions that can be self-hosted, and with these we can get very far. Most notably for this post are a) VSCode’s Remote Development features, allowing you to develop in your locally running VSCode instance that connects to a remote container or machine and b) code-server, a VSCode instance running in the browser.
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June 19, 2026 - Run VS Code in your browser on a server you own. Graft openvscode-server onto your greffer with automatic HTTPS, and the honest notes on access, memory, and keeping your work safe.
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April 1, 2025 - I bounce around a lot of PCs in the house and I want a consistent editor on every device, regardless of what state the PC is in or if it is someone’s elses PC on my LAN. Technically, this would also be a replacement for a pastebin, which I am currently using Microbin. ... Import/upload documents from browser. Format and text highlighting for various markup languages. Download file. Leave file and access from other machines. Ideally no database. This is the server version of vscode.
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July 22, 2026 - Run VS Code in your browser from anywhere with code-server on a VPS. Full setup with Docker, Caddy HTTPS, authentication, and a locked-down workspace.
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June 28, 2025 - Once the installation process is complete, you can run the sudo systemctl enable --now code-server@$USER command and enter 127.0.0.1:8080 into a web browser to open the Code-Server UI.
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March 20, 2026 - Deploy code-server to run VS Code in your browser from anywhere using Portainer, with persistent workspaces and extensions.
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March 12, 2026 - Run VS Code in your browser with code-server. Self-hosted remote development with Docker, extensions, Git integration, and access from any device.
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November 3, 2021 - Visual Studio Code for the Web ... code repositories and make lightweight code changes. To get started, go to https://vscode.dev in your browser....
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January 7, 2026 - Have you ever wanted to run VS Code in your browser? What if you had access to your terminal and could pull and commit code as well as push it up to GitHub all from a browser or tablet? That’s exactly what code server does! In this tutorial we’ll walk through step by step of how to install and configure code server to get it self-hosted in your homelab.We’ll start with bare metal and virtualization and then work our way up to Docker, Kubernetes, and Rancher.Then, you don’t have to carry around your laptop anymore!
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You should be able to just run code serve-web --host=<host-to-listen-on> --port=<port-to-listen-on>. you can see the help menu for code serve-web by running code serve-web --help. It defaults to localhost, but you should be able to pass it a host and public port to listen on, assuming you've configured your system firewall to open one up.

Another possible option should be to use VS Code Server by running code tunnel and pass arguments of choice; see help with code tunnel --help), which "[creates] a tunnel that's accessible on vscode.dev from anywhere" (see also the vscode.dev docs).

Side-note, if you want to test a web VS Code extension you're developing, see https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/web-extensions#test-your-web-extension.

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Thankyou @lawrence-Cherone coder.com

if you are using Docker

  1. simply create docker-compose.yml

  1. run docker-compose up in cmd

    version: "2.1"
services:
  code-server:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/code-server
    container_name: code-server
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
      - PASSWORD=password #optional
      - HASHED_PASSWORD= #optional
      - SUDO_PASSWORD=password #optional
      - SUDO_PASSWORD_HASH= #optional
      - PROXY_DOMAIN=code-server.my.domain #optional
      - DEFAULT_WORKSPACE=/config/workspace #optional
    volumes:
      - /path/to/appdata/config:/config
    ports:
      - 8443:8443
    restart: unless-stopped
  1. After Completing your IDE available in localhost:8443 (As mentioned in the dockercompose.yml)

For more information visit Docker Hub


Installing on Windows (use git bash):

Windows We currently do not publish Windows releases. We recommend installing code-server onto Windows with yarn or npm.

Note: You will also need to build coder/cloud-agent manually if you would like to use code-server --link on Windows. Document

    yarn global add code-server
# Or: npm install -g code-server
code-server
# Now visit http://127.0.0.1:8080. Your password is in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml

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Gitpod Unveils Open Source Browser-Based VS Code 'Free from Microsoft's Control' -- Visual Studio Magazine
September 28, 2021 - Running VS Code in the browser gained traction in 2019, as exemplified by Coder Technologies Inc.'s open source project to provide a remotely hosted port of VS Code running in the browser, which officially become the "hottest" project on GitHub.