Coder.com
Coder.com (formerly Coder Technologies) provides enterprise self-hosted cloud development environments — VS Code Server + dev workspaces on K8s / VMs. $30M Series B 2021 (Redpoint + Founders Fund + Coatue). Founded 2017 by Kyle Carberry + Ammar Bandukwala. 2024 launched 'Coder AI' for agent-execution inside workspaces. Self-hostable AGPL OSS + commercial enterprise.
Active · Verified 2026-10-26 · fresh as of 2026-10-26 · 35 cited facts, 1 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Tier
- T2
- Created
- 2017 (founded); 2024 (Coder AI agent-execution features) vendor fix
- Latest release
- v2.38.0 (2026-10-06) repo fix
- GitHub
- coder/coder — ~14.1k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-26 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Protocols
- mcp-client, mcp-server vendor fix
- Compliance
- soc2-type2 vendor fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 77 (12-mo avg 76.43) · 121 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
Optimised for: enterprise self-hosted CDE + agent workspaces; regulated / on-prem deployments
Anti-fit: not applicable — sandbox/runtime, not memory product
Pros & cons
Pros
Strong enterprise self-hosted CDE — used by Discord / IBM / Bloomberg / Palantir; FedRAMP path; AGPL OSS; Coder AI extension positions workspace as agent substrate.
Cons
Less developer mindshare than Gitpod / Codespaces; AGPL license less permissive than Apache 2.0 for some enterprises; agent features newer than core CDE.
Claims & capabilities
$30M Series B 2021 (Redpoint + Founders Fund + Coatue); founded 2017 by Kyle Carberry + Ammar Bandukwala; AGPL OSS; Coder AI 2024 for in-workspace agent execution; used by major enterprise platform teams
Technical surface
- API surface
- REST + CLI + Terraform provider
- Backend storage
- not applicable — sandbox/runtime, not memory product
- Deployment
- Self-hosted only — on your own infrastructure (K8s / VMs / Docker), air-gap capable
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- not applicable — sandbox/runtime, not memory product
- MCP
- yes — Coder Agents use MCP servers (private-network MCP allowlisting in v2.38.0)
- A2A
- not applicable — sandbox/runtime, not memory product
- OpenTelemetry
- not applicable — sandbox/runtime, not memory product
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Sources (34 cited facts, 1 third-party)
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- What it is Self-hosted enterprise CDE + AI-agent workspace platform vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Coder.com (formerly Coder Technologies) provides enterprise self-hosted cloud developmen… vendor
- Claims / benefits $30M Series B 2021 (Redpoint + Founders Fund + Coatue); founded 2017 by Kyle Carberry + … vendor
- Created 2017 (founded); 2024 (Coder AI agent-execution features) vendor
- Latest release v2.38.0 (2026-10-06) repo
- License AGPL-3.0 (Community); proprietary Premium / AI Premium licence for some features vendor
- GitHub coder/coder — ~14.1k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo
- Funding $30M Series B Oct-2021 (Redpoint + Founders Fund + Coatue); ~$45M+ total raised vendor
- Customers / scale Discord, IBM, Bloomberg, Salesforce, US DoD, Palantir, Workday vendor
- Pricing Community free (OSS); Premium billed per user/year (quote); AI Premium custom vendor
- Compliance SOC 2 Type II; FedRAMP path (US DoD customers); ISO 27001 vendor
- Data handling Self-hosted by default (deployer-controlled) vendor
- Deployment Self-hosted only — on your own infrastructure (K8s / VMs / Docker), air-gap capable vendor
- HQ Austin, US vendor
- Founders / pedigree Kyle Carberry (CEO); Ammar Bandukwala (CTO) vendor
- Code/weights release AGPL-3.0 — OSS vendor
- API surface REST + CLI + Terraform provider vendor
- MCP support yes — Coder Agents use MCP servers (private-network MCP allowlisting in v2.38.0) repo
- Runtimes Kubernetes + Docker + VMs (any Linux substrate) vendor
- Optimised for enterprise self-hosted CDE + agent workspaces; regulated / on-prem deployments vendor
- Adjacent infrastructure Terraform / Kubernetes (substrate); competes with Gitpod + GitHub Codespaces; Coder Temp… vendor
- Pros Strong enterprise self-hosted CDE — used by Discord / IBM / Bloomberg / Palantir; FedRAM… vendor
- Cons Less developer mindshare than Gitpod / Codespaces; AGPL license less permissive than Apa… vendor
- Project & sources coder.com/ vendor
- cost-pricing-model subscription vendor
- cost-last-verified 2026-06-29 vendor
- architecture-deployment-locus local vendor
- licensing-bucket open-core vendor
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":819.21,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":76.43,"openrank_current":77,"partic… third-party
- compliance-certifications soc2-type2 vendor
- sdk-languages rest vendor
- protocol-support mcp-client,mcp-server vendor
What changed
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- 2026-10-26
- License “AGPL-3.0” → “AGPL-3.0 (Community); proprietary Premium / AI Premium licence for some features” source
- Latest release “not applicable — sandbox/runtime, not memory product” → “v2.38.0 (2026-10-06)” source
- Pricing “OSS AGPL (free) + Enterprise (per-developer per-year)” → “Community free (OSS); Premium billed per user/year (quote); AI Premium custom” source
- Deployment “Self-hostable (AGPL OSS) + Enterprise managed” → “Self-hosted only — on your own infrastructure (K8s / VMs / Docker), air-gap capable” source
- MCP support “not applicable — sandbox/runtime, not memory product” → “yes — Coder Agents use MCP servers (private-network MCP allowlisting in v2.38.0)” source