Alternatives to Microsoft Dev Box

Coder

Coder suits development teams that want self-hosted workspaces on infrastructure they control.

Kloudlite

Kloudlite suits developers who want workspaces connected to application dependencies for testing changes, and teams choosing between cloud and self-hosted deployment.

DevPod

DevPod suits developers who want containerized environments across local, remote, or cloud infrastructure.

Replit

Replit suits people who want to create software through natural-language prompts, as well as developers seeking a browser-based coding and collaboration environment.

Codespaces suits developers who want repository-configured cloud environments accessible through a browser, Visual Studio Code, or GitHub CLI.

StackBlitz

StackBlitz suits JavaScript developers prototyping or conducting coding interviews in a browser.

Okteto

Okteto suits development teams that want cloud-based Kubernetes environments for application changes and pull request previews.

It suits beginners, teachers, instructors, schools, bootcamps and others who want to code without setting up an environment locally.

AWS Cloud9

It suits developers working in supported languages, AWS developers, and people evaluating AWS services.

Binder

Binder suits people who need temporary, browser-based environments for public repositories and reproducible demonstrations.

RunCode.io

It suits developers who want browser-based cloud workspaces, collaboration, or remote access from different devices.

Eclipse Che

Che suits development teams wanting browser-accessible Kubernetes workspaces, configurable with Devfiles and connected to multiple Git hosts.

CodeSandbox suits developers and teams that need isolated, resumable environments for execution, testing, parallel agents, or browser coding.