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26 | 26 | - [Can I use Docker in a code-server container?](#can-i-use-docker-in-a-code-server-container)
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27 | 27 | - [How do I disable telemetry?](#how-do-i-disable-telemetry)
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28 | 28 | - [What's the difference between code-server and Theia?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-theia)
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| -- [What's the difference between code-server and VS Code Codespaces?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-vs-code-codespaces) |
| 29 | +- [What's the difference between code-server and OpenVSCode-Server?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-openvscode-server) |
| 30 | +- [What's the difference between code-server and GitHub Codespaces?](#whats-the-difference-between-code-server-and-github-codespaces) |
30 | 31 | - [Does code-server have any security login validation?](#does-code-server-have-any-security-login-validation)
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31 | 32 | - [Are there community projects involving code-server?](#are-there-community-projects-involving-code-server)
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32 | 33 | - [How do I change the port?](#how-do-i-change-the-port)
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378 | 379 | Theia doesn't allow you to reuse your existing VS Code config.
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| -## What's the difference between code-server and VS Code Codespaces? |
| 381 | +## What's the difference between code-server and OpenVSCode-Server? |
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| -Both code-server and VS Code Codespaces allow you to access VS Code via a |
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| -browser. |
| 383 | +code-server and OpenVSCode-Server both allow you to access VS Code via a |
| 384 | +browser. The two projects also use their own [forks of VS Code](https://github.com/cdr/vscode) to |
| 385 | +leverage modern VS Code APIs and stay up to date with the upsteam version. |
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| -VS Code Codespaces, however, is a closed-source, paid service offered by |
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| -Microsoft. While you can self-host environments with VS Code Codespaces, you |
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| -still need an Azure billing account, and you must access VS Code via the |
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| -Codespaces web dashboard instead of connecting directly to it. |
| 387 | +However, OpenVSCode-Server is scoped at only making VS Code available in the web browser. |
| 388 | +code-server includes some other features: |
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| -On the other hand, code-server is free, open-source, and can be run on any |
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| -machine with few limitations. |
| 390 | +- password auth |
| 391 | +- proxy web ports |
| 392 | +- certificate support |
| 393 | +- plugin API |
| 394 | +- settings sync (coming soon) |
| 395 | + |
| 396 | +For more details, see [this discussion post](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/discussions/4267#discussioncomment-1411583). |
| 397 | + |
| 398 | +## What's the difference between code-server and GitHub Codespaces? |
| 399 | + |
| 400 | +Both code-server and GitHub Codespaces allow you to access VS Code via a |
| 401 | +browser. GitHub Codespaces, however, is a closed-source, paid service offered by |
| 402 | +GitHub and Microsoft. |
| 403 | + |
| 404 | +On the other hand, code-server is self-hosted, free, open-source, and |
| 405 | +can be run on any machine with few limitations. |
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393 | 407 | ## Does code-server have any security login validation?
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