Artizo Dev Containers

0.3.0 upgrade note: Existing devcontainers must be rebuilt after upgrading. The container label scheme changed; old containers will not be recognized by Artizo 0.3.0+.

Unreleased upgrade note: The server install path changed from bin/<reh-commit>/ to bin/<ide-commit>/ to match the official devcontainer extension and zygos. Existing containers need a one-time rebuild after upgrading so the server re-provisions at the new path.

Open any folder inside a Docker container with a full development environment powered by devcontainer.json.

Reduces friction when developing for linux-centric targets on Windows or macOS.

Features

• SSH remotes - open folders on a remote SSH host and run devcontainers from there. Artizo installs itself onto the remote on first connect.
• Container provisioning - image, Dockerfile, or Docker Compose
• Server download - auto-detects the correct REH server tarball URL per fork from product.json, with checksum verification (sidecar or manifest, sha256/md5) before installation. A configuration wizard (Artizo: Configure Server Download) lets you override with a custom template, pick a fork preset, test the URL, and configure checksum sources.

• AI-assisted setup - create, update, or repair devcontainer.json

• JSON repair - auto-fix syntax errors in broken config files
• Sidebar panel - toggle GPU, privileged mode, mounts, ports, extensions
• Container lifecycle - start, stop, rebuild, remove
• Port forwarding - auto-detect and forward container ports
• Extension install - install extensions from devcontainer.json config into the container
• Extension mirroring - copy locally-installed extensions onto SSH remotes during setup
• SSH agent forwarding - use host SSH keys inside the container
• Git config copy - mirror host .gitconfig into the container
• Zygos integration - when Zygos is installed as the remote-ssh plugin, Artizo uses its ExecServer API to connect to devcontainers without a second SSH authentication or password prompt

Supported editors

• Kiro
• Trae
• Devin
• VSCodium (including code-oss)

Why

Microsoft's Dev Containers extension is terrific, but closed-source and locked to the official VS Code IDE.

Artizo Dev Containers does the same for Kiro, Trae, Devin, and VSCodium, using the open-source @devcontainers/cli and reimplementing the IDE integration layer from scratch.

Requirements

• Docker CLI client (docker)
  • Alternatives like Podman or Rancher work too, provided their optional Docker CLI compatibility packages are installed and working.

Everything else is bundled with the extension.

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). See LICENSE for the full text.

Commercial licensing: contact@aergic.com

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