A blank Alpine Linux container in your browser, with nothing installed. Open the terminal and build whatever you need from scratch using apk and your own tools, all inside real cloud VS Code.
A vanilla Alpine container with no preinstalled packages. You decide what goes in, so nothing gets in the way of your setup.
The full cloud editor with an integrated terminal where you run apk and install anything you need to get going.
Clone, commit and push from the terminal, or connect a GitHub repo once you've set things up.
A 1 vCPU machine with 2 GB of memory, with ports exposed so you can run a server and reach it from the workspace.
Alpine Linux is a small, security-focused Linux distribution that's popular for containers because of how lightweight it is. It uses the apk package manager, so installing tools is quick and the base image stays tiny.
This workspace is a plain Alpine container with nothing added on top. There's no language or framework preinstalled, which makes it a clean starting point when you want to set up an environment exactly the way you like, or try something that the other templates don't cover.
Not much, and that's the point. You get a bare Alpine container and a cloud VS Code editor with a terminal. There's a short README and a sample file so the workspace isn't empty, but no runtime or toolchain is installed.
From the terminal you install whatever you need with apk, then layer on your own tools. Want Python, Node, a compiler, or a CLI you're testing? Install it and go. Two ports are exposed, so anything you run can be reached from inside the workspace.
Open the terminal from View then Terminal, update the package index and install your stack with apk. From there it behaves like any Linux box: write files in the editor, run commands, and start a server on one of the exposed ports. It boots in about thirty seconds on a 1 vCPU machine with 2 GB of memory.
Build a custom environment from the ground up, try out a tool or runtime without touching your own machine, reproduce a minimal Linux setup, or put together a stack that none of the ready-made templates provide.
Nothing beyond a bare Alpine container. There's no language runtime or framework, which leaves you a clean base to install exactly what you want.
Open the terminal and use Alpine's apk package manager, for example apk update followed by apk add. You can also install language-specific tools like pip or npm once their runtimes are in place.
Yes. The container exposes ports, so you can start a server in the terminal and reach it from within the workspace.
The workspace runs on 1 vCPU with 2 GB of memory and boots in roughly thirty seconds.
Reach for it when you want full control over the environment, or when your stack isn't covered by an existing template. The other templates come preconfigured, while Alpine hands you an empty Linux box.
No, Alpine is a paid template and needs a paid plan. Templates that are free are marked as such. You can upgrade from the pricing page to launch it.
