# GitHub Codespaces

> Instant dev environments

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/github-codespaces
- **Category:** IDEs & Code Editors
- **Homepage:** https://github.com/features/codespaces
- **Also known as:** github-codespaces
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T21:22:41.977Z

## Vioscale score

**61.8 / 100**, confidence 21% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 10 | 800 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 12 | 600 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 45.8 | 32 | 1466.1 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 0 | 5 | 0 | - |
| integrations | 0 | 18 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 0 | 18 | 0 | - |
| release_cadence | 0 | 10 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 50 | 12 | 600 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 0 | 26 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 16 | 1600 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://github.com/features/codespaces). Independently observed._

from $0.07/mo · Hybrid · 30-day trial

> Team plan at $4/user/month includes Codespaces access; additional metered charges for compute ($0.18/hr) and storage ($0.07/GB/month)

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Free | Free | ✓ | - |
| Team | $4/user/month plus compute ($0.18/hr) and storage ($0.07/GB/month) | - | - |

### Free

- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month
- 500MB Packages storage
- Issues & Projects
- Community support

### Team

- Everything in Free
- Access to GitHub Codespaces
- Flexible compute and pre-configured containers
- Repository rules
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests

## About

Cloud developer environments with flexible compute and pre-configured containers. Code, collaborate, and debug from any web browser.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for IDEs & Code Editors. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Type | Cloud IDE / CDE |
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Browser |
| **Platform support** | |
| OS support | - |
| **Core** | |
| Language scope | - |
| **Extensibility** | |
| Extensibility | - |
| **DX** | |
| LSP / DAP support | - |
| **AI** | |
| Built-in AI | - |
| **DX** | |
| Remote / dev-containers | ✓ |
| Integrated debugger / profiler | ✓ |
| Code intelligence depth | - |
| Built-in git integration | - |
| **Platform support** | |
| Base platform | - |
| **Licensing** | |
| Openness | Closed |
| **Pricing** | |
| Pricing model | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | 2026-08-01 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | 2026-08-01 | 80% (high) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.07 | [link](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://github.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://github.com/security) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://github.com/security) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/github-codespaces). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*