awesome-devcontainers

A curated list of awesome tools and resources about dev containers for common programming languages and technology stacks to boost your developer productivity 🚀
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AI
- AI devcontainers
  - Generative AI for Beginners - Microsoft's devcontainer for learning LLM application development with Python, Jupyter notebooks, model APIs, and course dependencies.
  - AI Agents for Beginners - Microsoft's agent-development course environment with Python, Node.js, .NET, and notebook support. Includes Microsoft Agent Framework and MCP SDK dependencies for agent and tool-calling examples.
  - Jupyter Data Science Notebooks - Community devcontainer template based on Jupyter Docker Stacks, with selectable base images for dataset exploration, preprocessing, visualization, and machine learning.
  - Data Science with Python and R - Microsoft's Python, R, and Jupyter development environment for statistics and notebook-based experimentation. The published image is documented as x86-64.
  - PyTorch CPU/CUDA Devcontainers - PyTorch's CPU and CUDA development configurations for building, debugging, and contributing to PyTorch itself, rather than a lightweight model-training starter. CUDA usage requires compatible NVIDIA hardware, drivers, and the NVIDIA Container Toolkit.
- AI stack recipes
  - TypeScript AI App (stack recipe) - Suggested stack: Node.js, TypeScript, pnpm, and AI SDK for streaming chat, structured outputs, and tool-calling applications. Hosted model APIs do not require a local GPU.
  - MCP Development Lab (stack recipe) - Suggested stack: a Python or TypeScript Model Context Protocol SDK, Node.js, and MCP Inspector for creating and debugging servers, tools, resources, and prompts.
  - Local LLM with Ollama (stack recipe) - Suggested stack: a Python or Node.js workspace, an Ollama service container, and persistent model storage for local inference on CPU or supported GPUs. For GPU acceleration on macOS, run Ollama on the host rather than inside Docker Desktop.
  - Hugging Face Fine-Tuning (stack recipe) - Suggested stack: PyTorch, Transformers, Datasets, Accelerate, and PEFT, optionally with TRL, for reproducible fine-tuning and LoRA experiments. A compatible GPU is recommended for practical LLM workloads.
  - vLLM Inference Lab (stack recipe) - Suggested stack: a Python development workspace, a vLLM service, and client benchmarks for OpenAI-compatible model serving, batching, and throughput experiments. Choose the service image and runtime configuration for the host's supported hardware.
  - LLM Evaluation Lab (stack recipe) - Suggested stack: Node.js, Python, promptfoo, and versioned evaluation datasets for comparing prompts and models, checking outputs, and catching quality regressions in CI. Hosted model evaluation does not require a local GPU.
Articles
- Instantly set up a new dev environment using containers and VS Code - Discover how to get started in seconds on a new project, isolate all your dev environments and share them with your teammates using VS Code dev containers.
- Development Containers in Education: A Guide for Instructors - Development containers with Visual Studio Code can serve as a fantastic tool in education to ensure students have a consistent coding environment. They take care of setup so that students and instructors can quickly move past configuration, and instead focus on what's truly important: learning and coding something great!
- Using Remote Containers in WSL 2 - See how you can use remote containers in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2).
- Developing inside a Container - Visual Studio Code Remote Containers official documentation.
Samples
- C/C++
  - C++ image - Develop C++ applications on Linux. Includes Debian C++ build tools (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Try Out Development Containers: C++ - C++ sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
- Go
  - Go image - Develop Go based applications. Includes appropriate runtime args, Go, common tools, extensions, and dependencies (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Go Dev Container - Ultimate Go development container for Visual Studio Code.
  - Try Out Development Containers: Go - Go sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
- Java
  - Java image - Develop Java applications. Includes the JDK and Java extensions (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Try Out Development Containers: Java - Java sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
- Misc
  - ROS dev container for VS Code - A preconfigured docker image for ROS (Robot Operating System) development. Preconfigured code completion for C++, Python, XML (package.xml, launchfiles, URDF, SDF). Preconfigured simulation environments (Flatland, TurtleBot3, ARIAC, Virtual RobotX, UUV).
- .NET
  - .NET image - Develop C# and .NET based applications. Includes all needed SDKs, extensions, and dependencies (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Try Out Development Containers: .NET Core - .NET Core sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
- Node.js
  - Node.js image w/ JavaScript - Develop Node.js based applications. Includes Node.js, eslint, nvm, and yarn (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Node.js image w/ TypeScript - Develop Node.js based applications in TypeScript. Includes Node.js, eslint, nvm, yarn, and the TypeScript compiler (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Try Out Development Containers: Node.js - Node.js sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
- PHP
  - PHP image - Develop PHP based applications. Includes needed tools, extensions, and dependencies (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Try Out Development Containers: PHP - PHP sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
- Python
  - Python image - Develop Python 3 applications (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Try Out Development Containers: Python - Python sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Python Project Template - commit, pytest
  - SQLAlchemy SQLIte Playground
  - PostgreSQL playground
  - PostgreSQL + pgvector playground
  - python 3.10 playground
  - python 3.11 playground
  - python 3.12 playground
- Ruby
  - Try Out Development Containers: Ruby - Ruby sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
- Rust
  - Rust image - Develop Rust based applications. Includes appropriate runtime args and everything you need to get up and running (maintained by Microsoft).
  - Try Out Development Containers: Rust - Rust sample project for trying out the VS Code Remote - Containers extension (maintained by Microsoft).
Tools
- VS Code Remote Development - An extension pack that lets you open any folder in a container, on a remote machine, or in WSL and take advantage of VS Code's full feature set.
- Pieces - device copilot that helps you capture, enrich, and reuse code, streamline collaboration, and solve complex problems through a contextual understanding of your workflow.
- Unofficial devcontainer CLI - An experimental CLI to improve the experience of working with Visual Studio Code dev containers.
- vscli - A CLI/TUI which makes it easy to launch vscode projects from the terminal, with a focus on dev containers. Also supports projects with multiple dev containers.
- tyedev - Improve Devcontainer Creation - An interactive experience for the creation of a devcontainer. Provides ability to search for [features](https://containers.dev/features) and [templates](https://containers.dev/templates). And more!
- KubeStellar Console - Multi-cluster Kubernetes dashboard with AI-powered operations, real-time observability, and CNCF project integrations across edge and cloud clusters.
- aicontainer - A CLI that drops a sandboxed dev container into any project for running AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex) in auto-approve mode, with filesystem isolation, a filtered Docker socket, and an opt-in outbound firewall.
- mirabilis - One-command launcher that runs Claude Code fully autonomously in an isolated Docker dev container — cross-platform (macOS/Linux/WSL2), with a terminal UI and persistent agent memory.
- decolint - A linter for Dev Container definitions, Features, and Templates, with checks for correctness, security, and reproducibility.
- devcontainer-devops - A DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code dev container (Terraform, Terragrunt, Azure CLI, Ansible, Kubernetes, PowerShell, .NET) with a `ws` command that opens several repositories as roots of one multi-root workspace in a single container.
- Ivy Tendril - Open-source agentic software factory with an amazing UI that handles parallel Git worktrees for you, complete with programmatic verifications and fast review loops.
- Devsy - Accelerate engineering velocity with Devsy, a workspace management tool for deploying devcontainers on Docker, Kubernetes, cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, and more), and SSH remote hosts.
- AGRO - A CLI that creates a durable Docker dev container workspace for AI coding agents on a laptop or remote VM, installs Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OpenCode, and other harnesses on demand, gives parallel agents separate git worktrees, and supports attaching from VS Code Dev Containers.
Tutorials
- Dev Containers from Beginner to Advanced - A free, self-paced course in three levels — from opening your first Dev Container to designing multi-service setups, mirroring pre-commit hooks in CI, and auditing supply-chain risk. No sign-up required.
Videos
- GitHub Codespaces - A Game Changer - In this demo, Alvaro Videla makes the RabbitMQ tutorials "Codespaces ready" and ran them directly from the browser without the need to install RabbitMQ or Node.js.
- Remote Development with Visual Studio Code - In this session, Brigit Murtaugh demos how to use the VS Code Remote extensions to connect to remote environments and build and deploy applications using the same, familiar Visual Studio Code you already know locally.
- A clean dev env, working every time, everywhere - In this session, Yohan Lasorsa demos how to isolate each of your projects' environment, and share it with your teammates to quickly onboard newcomers.
- Visual Studio Code Development Containers: A Guide for Students - In this video, check out how you can get started with a VS Code dev container in just 5 minutes as a student.

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