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Koding

Web · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted

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Two barsScore 5.5

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Koding is ranked #12 of 27 in cloud development environments on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web.

Compared on cloud development environments

Workspace config: custom
VCS hosts: multiple
Self-hosted option: Yes

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The record

Product: Koding lets organizations create and share automated development environments on their own infrastructure.
Collaboration: Teams can share development environments in real time or leave them open for teammates to use asynchronously.
Analytics: Koding provides analytics intended to help teams identify workflow inefficiencies and bottlenecks.
Local tools: Developers can use their own IDE, code editor, and terminal, with Koding’s CLI for volume mounting and SSH access to VMs.
Hosting: Koding’s site says it offers cloud-hosted or on-premises versions and can provision environments on private cloud infrastructure.
Cloud providers: The features page lists AWS, DigitalOcean, OpenStack, Vagrant, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, SoftLayer, and Mesosphere.
Configuration: Teams define environments with shareable stack scripts that describe infrastructure and can be version controlled.
Permissions: The features page says only administrators get write access to stack scripts.
Repository integrations: The documentation says a stack setup can pull code from repositories such as GitHub or GitLab.
Slack: Koding documentation includes a guide to inviting a team with Slack.
Use cases: The home page lists pre-sales automation, training, hackathons, and virtual classrooms as uses for Koding.
Open source status: Koding’s GitHub repository is archived and read-only, and its page states that the repository was archived on August 15, 2022.
Repository license: The repository README says the main repository is licensed under GNU AGPL V3 and Koding Community Edition under Apache 2.0.
Company history: Koding’s about page describes it as a San Francisco based technology company and says it grew from a partnership between two brothers between 2011 and 2018.

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Sources

koding.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
koding.com/features· checked 4 Oct 2026
koding.com/docs/home· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/koding/koding· checked 4 Oct 2026
koding.com/about· checked 4 Oct 2026