Coder

Verified 19 Aug 2026

Self-hosted workspaces on your infrastructure, Terraform-defined.

Coder provisions remote development workspaces on compute you already own (VMs, Kubernetes, cloud instances) using Terraform. It is the control plane for “everyone gets a box,” including agents.

Sandboxing

Model independence: Multi-model
Deployment: Self-hosted, BYOC
Open source: Yes
License: AGPL-3.0 (see repo for exceptions)
Pricing model: Mixed
Added / updated: 19 Aug 2026 / 19 Aug 2026

coder.com · Docs · Source

Editorial take

Coder is what you install when legal says the computer cannot leave the building. Terraform templates are the isolation story you actually own. It will not write the diff. Enterprise features sit on a commercial license.

Strengths

Workspaces on *your* compute, AGPL control plane.
Terraform-defined environments.
Fits regulated self-hosted factories.

Limitations

You operate Kubernetes/VMs. This is not serverless sandbox SaaS.
AGPL + commercial split.
Not an agent harness.

Fields last checked against primary sources on 19 Aug 2026. Pricing and plan names rot; follow the vendor URL.