"Open source cloud & desktop IDE."

Codebox is a complete and modular Cloud IDE. It can run on any unix-like machine (Linux, Mac OS X). It is an open source component of codebox.io (Cloud IDE as a Service).

The IDE can run on your desktop (Linux or Mac), on your server or the cloud. You can use the codebox.io service to host and manage IDE instances.

Codebox is built with web technologies: node.js, javascript, html and less. The IDE possesses a very modular and extensible architecture, that allows you to build your own features with through add-ons. Codebox is the first open and modular IDE capable of running both on the Desktop and in the cloud (with offline support).

Install Codebox globally using NPM:

npm install -g codebox

Run Codebox with:

codebox run ./myworkspace

Get help and list of commands with:

codebox --help

Follow updates about Codebox on Twitter and Youtube.

The IDE's documentation can be found in the docs folder. Feel free to ask any questions or signal problems by adding issues.

Codebox accepts pull-requests, please see the Contributing to Codebox guide for information on contributing to this project

Screencast: A screencast of the IDE is available on Youtube.

The project is open source under the Apache 2.0 license.