IDEs & Editors

In line with our ambition to “remove all friction from the developer experience”, Gitpod currently supports many popular IDE/editors e.g. JetBrains and VS Code. You can even use the command-line directly for editors like Vim (via SSH). There are many ways to configure your IDE/editor in Gitpod to match your preferred workflow or setup.

Connecting an IDE/editor to Gitpod

The 4 supported ways to connect an IDE/editor to Gitpod:

Browser - For editing code in a workspace, you can open a Gitpod workspace directly in your browser. The default editor in the browser is VS Code (configure VS Code with Gitpod).
Desktop (IDE/editor) - You can also open a Gitpod workspace on desktop, either with VS Code Desktop or a JetBrains IDE (configure your preferred Desktop IDE/editor via preferences)
Desktop (SSH) - Connect to a Gitpod workspace via SSH by using the Local Companion, read more about how to connect to a Gitpod workspace from your command line.
Browser (via Docker Image) - As Gitpod supports Docker, you can install a custom IDE/editor via a Docker image, and running the IDE/editor as a web server.