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+# VIP Codespaces
+
+A development environment for WordPress VIP sites using GitHub Codespaces and VS Code Remote Containers.
+
+## Overview
+
+VIP Codespaces provides a containerized development environment for WordPress VIP sites, making it easy to set up and maintain a consistent development environment across teams. It leverages GitHub Codespaces and VS Code (and forks) Remote Containers to provide a seamless development experience.
+
+## Features
+
+- **WordPress Development Environment**: Pre-configured with WordPress, MariaDB, Nginx, and PHP
+- **WordPress Integration**: Includes VIP Go mu-plugins and VIP CLI
+- **Development Tools**: Includes tools like WP-CLI, XDebug, phpMyAdmin, and Mailpit
+- **Customizable**: Configure PHP version, WordPress version, and other settings
+- **Elasticsearch Support**: Optional Elasticsearch integration
+- **Memcached Support**: Optional Memcached integration
+- **Cron Support**: Configurable WordPress cron jobs
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- GitHub account with access to GitHub Codespaces
+- OR other IDEs supporting Dev Containers
+
+### Using with GitHub Codespaces
+
+1. Add the `.devcontainer` configuration to your WordPress VIP project
+2. Start a new Codespace from your repository
+3. Wait for the environment to build and initialize
+4. Access your WordPress site at the forwarded port (typically port 80)
+
+### Using with VS Code/Cursor/Windsurf Remote Containers
+
+1. Add the `.devcontainer` configuration to your WordPress VIP project
+2. Open the project in VS Code
+3. Click on the Remote Containers extension icon and select "Reopen in Container"
+4. Wait for the environment to build and initialize
+5. Access your WordPress site at localhost
+
+## Configuration
+
+The development environment can be customized through the `devcontainer.json` file. Available options include:
+
+- PHP version
+- WordPress version
+- WordPress domain
+- WordPress multisite configuration
+- VIP Go mu-plugins integration
+- Development tools (Xdebug, phpMyAdmin, Mailpit, etc.)
+- Elasticsearch and Memcached support
+- Cron configuration
+
+Example configuration:
+
+```json
+{
+    "name": "VIP Development Environment",
+    "image": "ghcr.io/automattic/vip-codespaces/alpine-base:latest",
+    "features": {
+        "ghcr.io/automattic/vip-codespaces/nginx:latest": {},
+        "ghcr.io/automattic/vip-codespaces/php:latest": {
+            "version": "8.0"
+        },
+        "ghcr.io/automattic/vip-codespaces/mariadb:latest": {},
+        "ghcr.io/automattic/vip-codespaces/wordpress:latest": {
+            "version": "latest",
+            "multisite": "false"
+        },
+        "ghcr.io/automattic/vip-codespaces/vip-go-mu-plugins:latest": {
+            "enabled": "true"
+        }
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Available Features
+
+The environment is built using a modular approach with various features that can be enabled or disabled:
+
+- **base**: Base feature for VIP Codespaces
+- **nginx**: Nginx web server
+- **php**: PHP with configurable version
+- **mariadb**: MariaDB database server
+- **wordpress**: WordPress core
+- **wp-cli**: WordPress CLI
+- **vip-go-mu-plugins**: WordPress VIP MY-plugins
+- **vip-cli**: VIP CLI
+- **elasticsearch**: Elasticsearch server
+- **memcached**: Memcached server
+- **xdebug**: Xdebug for PHP debugging
+- **phpmyadmin**: phpMyAdmin for database management
+- **mailpit**: Mail testing tool
+- **cron**: Cron job support
+
+## Port Forwarding
+
+The environment forwards several ports for accessing different services:
+
+- **80**: WordPress application
+- **81**: phpMyAdmin
+- **8025**: Mailpit web interface
+- **9003**: Xdebug
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions to VIP Codespaces are welcome. Please follow the standard GitHub workflow:
+
+1. Fork the repository
+2. Create a feature branch
+3. Make your changes
+4. Submit a pull request
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the terms of the GPL v2+ license.
+
+## Support
+
+For support with VIP Codespaces, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.