The Coder Remote extension connects your editor to
Coder workspaces with a single click.
Features
One-click workspace access - open workspaces from the Coder dashboard or
the editor sidebar. Workspaces start automatically when opened.
Multi-editor support - works with VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and other
VS Code forks.
Workspace sidebar - browse, search, and create workspaces. View agent
metadata and app statuses at a glance.
Coder Tasks - create, monitor, and manage AI agent tasks directly from
the sidebar with real-time log streaming.
Coder Chat - delegate development tasks to AI coding agents from the
sidebar. Requires Coder Agents to
be enabled on your deployment.
Multi-deployment support - connect to multiple Coder deployments and
switch between them without losing credentials.
Dev container support - open dev containers running inside workspaces.
Secure authentication - session tokens stored in the OS keyring
(macOS/Windows), with optional OAuth 2.1 support.
Air-gapped / restricted networks - no external dependencies beyond your
Coder deployment.
Automatic SSH tuning - applies recommended SSH settings for reliable
long-lived connections and recovers from sleep/wake.
[!NOTE]
The extension builds on VS Code-provided implementations of SSH. Make sure you
have the correct SSH extension installed for your editor
(ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh, anysphere.remote-ssh for Cursor, or
codeium.windsurf-remote-openssh for Windsurf).
Getting Started
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press
enter.
ext install coder.coder-remote
Alternatively, manually install the VSIX from the
latest release.
All extension settings are under the coder.* namespace in the Settings UI.
Paths in settings accept ~ and ${userHome} from VS Code's
variables reference.
