From e2030bba385375fd0a62e719fcb28e020be17ed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ammar Bandukwala Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 11:34:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Move competitive comparison to README And rewrite a bit. Resolves #1365. --- README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++-- docs/about.md | 21 +++------------------ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d28261302a..4c6f51e502 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -150,10 +150,23 @@ coder templates update gcp-linux - [Workspace lifecycle](./docs/workspaces.md#workspace-lifecycle) - [Updating workspaces](./docs/workspaces.md#updating-workspaces) +## Comparison + +Please file [an issue](https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/new) if any information is out of date. Also refer to: [What Coder is not](./docs/about.md#what-coder-is-not). + +| Tool | Type | Delivery Model | Cost | Environments | +| :---------------------------------------------------------- | :------- | :----------------- | :---------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| [Coder](https://github.com/coder/coder) | Platform | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | All [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/registry/providers) resources, all clouds, multi-architecture: Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 | +| [code-server](https://github.com/cdr/code-server) | Web IDE | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 | +| [Coder (Classic)](https://coder.com/docs) | Platform | Self-Managed | Pay your cloud + license fees | Kubernetes Linux Containers | +| [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | Platform | SaaS | 2x Azure Compute | Linux containers | + +--- + +_As of 5/27/22_ + ## Contributing Read the [contributing docs](./docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). -## Contributors - Find our list of contributors [here](./docs/CONTRIBUTORS.md). diff --git a/docs/about.md b/docs/about.md index 8f5e2f7ea7..9b0b29961f 100644 --- a/docs/about.md +++ b/docs/about.md @@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ layer of infrastructure control. This additional layer allows admins to: Coder includes [production-ready templates](../examples/templates) for use with AWS EC2, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and more. -## What Coder is *not* +## What Coder is _not_ - Coder is not an infrastructure as code (IaC) platform. Terraform is the first - IaC *provisioner* in Coder, allowing Coder admins to define Terraform - resources as Coder workspaces. + IaC _provisioner_ in Coder, allowing Coder admins to define Terraform + resources as Coder workspaces. - Coder is not a DevOps/CI platform. Coder workspaces can follow best practices for cloud service-based workloads, but Coder is not responsible for how you @@ -70,22 +70,7 @@ Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and more. - Coder is not a SaaS/fully-managed offering. You must host Coder on a cloud service (AWS, Azure, GCP) or your private data center. -## Comparison - -Please file [an issue](https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/new) if any information is out of date. Also refer to: [What Coder is not](./about.md#what-coder-is-not). - - -| Tool | Type | Self-hosted version | Hosted version | Availability | Supported platforms | -| :---------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------- | :--------------------------- | :------------- | :------------------------------ | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -| [Coder](https://github.com/coder/coder) | Platform: multiple workspaces and teams | ✅ | | Open source (paid version soon) | All [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/registry/providers) resources, all clouds, multi-architecture: Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 | -| [Coder (Classic)](https://coder.com/docs) | Platform: multiple workspaces and teams | ✅ | | Proprietary/paid license | Any Kubernetes cluster: Linux Containers | -| [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | Platform: solo or team | Only GitHub Enterprise Cloud | ✅ | Open source/paid | Linux containers | -| [code-server](https://github.com/cdr/code-server) | Web IDE: solo developer | ✅ | | Open source | Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 | - ---- - Next: [Templates](./templates.md) [^1]: alexellis.io: [The Internet is my computer](https://blog.alexellis.io/the-internet-is-my-computer/) - [^2]: slack.engineering: [Development environments at Slack](https://slack.engineering/development-environments-at-slack)