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Learn how to make the most of GitHub Codespaces is available for user accounts using GitHub Free or GitHub Pro. For more information, see "GitHub's products."

Quickstart for GitHub Codespaces

Quickstart

Try out Codespaces in 5 minutes or less.

Codespaces

Getting started with your Node.js project in Codespaces

Tutorial

Get started with your JavaScript, Node.js, or TypeScript project in Codespaces by creating a custom dev container.

Codespaces Developer Node JavaScript

Getting started with your Python project in Codespaces

Tutorial

Get started with your Python project in Codespaces by creating a custom dev container.

Codespaces Developer Python

Configuring Codespaces for your project

How-to guide

You can use a devcontainer.json file to define a Codespaces environment for your repository.

Codespaces Set up Fundamentals

Personalizing Codespaces for your account

How-to guide

You can personalize Codespaces by using a dotfiles repository on GitHub or by using Settings Sync.

Codespaces Set up Fundamentals

Creating a codespace

How-to guide

You can create a codespace for a branch in a repository to develop online.

Codespaces Fundamentals Developer

Developing in a codespace

How-to guide

You can open a codespace on GitHub, then develop using Visual Studio Code's features.

Codespaces Fundamentals Developer

Deleting a codespace

How-to guide

You can delete a codespace you no longer need.

Codespaces Fundamentals Developer

Forwarding ports in your codespace

How-to guide

You can forward ports in your codespace to test and debug your application.

Codespaces Fundamentals Developer

Using Codespaces in Visual Studio Code

How-to guide

You can develop in your codespace directly in Visual Studio Code by connecting the GitHub Codespaces extension with your account on GitHub.

Codespaces Visual Studio Code Developer

Using source control in your codespace

How-to guide

After making changes to a file in your codespace you can quickly commit the changes and push your update to the remote repository.

Codespaces Fundamentals Developer

Managing encrypted secrets for your codespaces

How-to guide

You can store sensitive information, like tokens, that you want to access in your codespaces via environment variables.

Codespaces Developer Security

Managing access and security for your codespaces

You can manage the repositories that Codespaces can access.

Codespaces

Managing GPG verification for Codespaces

How-to guide

You can allow GitHub to automatically use GPG to sign commits you make in your codespaces, so other people can be confident that the changes come from a trusted source.

Codespaces Developer Security

Managing access and security for your organization's codespaces

How-to guide

You can manage the repositories in your organization that Codespaces can access.

Codespaces Security Administrator

Managing user permissions for your organization

How-to guide

You can control which users in your organization can use Codespaces.

Codespaces Permissions Administrator

Reviewing your organization's audit logs for Codespaces

How-to guide

You can use the audit log to review all actions related to Codespaces.

Codespaces Security Administrator

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