Koding

Spec sheet

Purpose

Koding lets organizations create and share automated development environments on their infrastructure.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Product

Koding lets organizations create and share automated development environments on their own infrastructure.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

License

The repository states that it is licensed under GNU AGPL V3 and that Koding Community Edition is licensed under Apache 2.0.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Headquarters

Koding’s about page lists its headquarters as San Francisco, California 94107.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Access control

The features page says only administrators get write access to stack scripts.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Analytics

Koding provides analytics intended to help teams identify workflow inefficiencies and bottlenecks.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Cloud providers

The features page lists AWS, DigitalOcean, OpenStack, Vagrant, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, SoftLayer, and Mesosphere.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Collaboration

Teams can share development environments in real time or leave them open for teammates to use asynchronously.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Company history

The About page says Koding grew from a partnership between two brothers into an international team between 2011 and 2018.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Configuration

Teams define environments with shareable stack scripts that describe infrastructure and can be version controlled.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Developer workflow

Koding supports using a developer’s own IDE, code editor, and terminal, with a CLI for mounting volumes and SSH access to VMs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Hosting

Koding’s site says it offers cloud-hosted or on-premises versions and can provision environments on private cloud infrastructure.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Infrastructure as code

A shareable stack script describes an application’s infrastructure, and stack scripts can be versioned.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Local tools

Developers can use their own IDE, code editor, and terminal, with Koding’s CLI for volume mounting and SSH access to VMs.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Machine support

Koding can connect an Ubuntu Linux machine with a public IP address to an account.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Open source

The product site describes Koding as free and open source, and its GitHub repository is archived and read-only.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Open source status

Koding’s GitHub repository is archived and read-only, and its page states that the repository was archived on August 15, 2022.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Operational limit

Koding’s FAQ notes that launching a stack can fail when the user’s cloud account has reached its VM quota.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Permissions

The features page says only administrators get write access to stack scripts.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Provider integrations

The site lists AWS, DigitalOcean, OpenStack, Vagrant, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, SoftLayer, and Mesosphere.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Repository integrations

The documentation says stacks can pull code from providers such as GitHub or GitLab.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Repository license

The repository README says the main repository is licensed under GNU AGPL V3 and Koding Community Edition under Apache 2.0.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Slack

Koding documentation includes a guide to inviting a team with Slack.Read 4 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Team collaboration

Teams can share development environments in real time or leave them open for teammates to access.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Use cases

The site lists pre-sales automation, training platforms, hackathons, and virtual classrooms as uses for Koding.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

VM access

Koding provides SSH access to VMs and says sudo access is available when using a local machine.Read 9 Oct 2026 · koding.com

Where Specifiction places it

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