Browser based app for editing local code?
reddit / selfhosted

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jschwalbe · 2023-09-30 02:42

Title says it all. In searching it’s easy to find lots of web based
coding solutions, but it’s hard to tell if they let you edit *local*
files. Any options come to mind?

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InterviewPrevious247 · 2023-09-30 03:46

https://github.com/coder/code-server

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smashjarchivemaster · 2023-09-30 04:34

[https://vscode.dev](https://vscode.dev) may be what you are looking
for if I understood what you mean. It can open a folder on the machine
the browser is on using some new browser apis.

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SpaceManaRitual · 2023-09-30 05:57

[Code server](https://github.com/coder/code-server)

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servergeek82 · 2023-09-30 06:30

I run code-server (Vscode) docker container. You just need to set a
mount point for the container to see it to open files "locally"

For example - '/directiory1/compose-files:/compose-files"

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jschwalbe · 2023-09-30 11:39

Thanks but that isn’t the definition I intended when I said local. I
meant local to the web browser, not to the server. Am I interpreting
your comment correctly?

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servergeek82 · 2023-09-30 12:01

Depends.

Browser based editor (public site), means you have to give a public
site local access to your code. Not typically a good idea.

Vscode as a docker container you can edit your own local code via the
browser.