Get up and running with Coder in minutes. Choose your programming languages, pick your preferred editors, optionally clone a Git repository, and start coding.

When you create a workspace from this template, you select:

1. Languages to pre-install (Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, Java, C/C++)
2. Editors to connect (VS Code in the browser, VS Code Desktop, Cursor, JetBrains, Zed, Windsurf)
3. A Git repository to clone (optional)

Coder provisions a workspace with your selections and you can start developing immediately.

The host running Coder must have a Docker daemon accessible to the coder user:

# Add coder user to Docker group
sudo adduser coder docker

# Restart Coder server
sudo systemctl restart coder

# Verify access
sudo -u coder docker ps

This template provisions:

• Docker container (ephemeral) running Ubuntu with the Coder agent
• Docker volume (persistent) mounted at /home/coder

Files in your home directory persist across workspace restarts. Selected languages are installed on first start and cached for subsequent starts.

Select a preset to auto-fill languages and editors for common workflows:

• VS Code (Browser): Opens directly in your browser with no local install required.
• VS Code Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf: Require the desktop application installed on your local machine. Coder opens them via protocol handler.
• JetBrains IDEs: Filtered by your language selection (e.g. PyCharm for Python, GoLand for Go). Requires JetBrains Toolbox or Gateway on your local machine.
• Zed: Connects over SSH. Requires Zed installed on your local machine.