My Dev Container Features

A collection of opinionated dev container features built for my own workflows — open for anyone to use.

Usage

Reference features in your devcontainer.json:

{
  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu",
  "features": {
    "ghcr.io/sliekens/devcontainer-features/ansible-core:1": {
      "collections": "community.general",
    },
  },
}

Available Features

Feature	Description
ansible	Installs ansible and associated CLI tools using pipx
ansible-core	Installs ansible-core via pipx with optional Ansible Galaxy collections and roles
ansible-lint	Installs ansible-lint using pipx
aspire-cli	Installs the .NET Aspire CLI (aspire)
bitwarden-cli	Installs the official Bitwarden CLI (bw) binary from Bitwarden release assets.
bitwarden-secrets-manager	Installs the Bitwarden Secrets Manager CLI (bws) binary from Bitwarden release assets.
claude	Installs claude (Claude Code) via the upstream native installer and persists shared state across devcontainers.
codex	Installs the OpenAI codex CLI from the official packaged release assets and persists ~/.codex in shared state across devcontainers.
copilot	Installs the GitHub copilot CLI from official release assets and persists shared ~/.copilot state across devcontainers.
github-cli	Wraps the official gh (GitHub CLI) feature and adds persistent volume mounts for config and state
mono	Installs mono-complete from the official Mono stable repository
opencode	Installs opencode from official GitHub release assets and persists shared state across devcontainers.
tea	Installs the Gitea CLI (tea) from Gitea releases and enables shell completion via bash_completion.d and zsh site-functions.

Registry

Features are published to: ghcr.io/sliekens/devcontainer-features/<feature-id>:<version>

Version Tags

Each feature is published with multiple version tags following semver:

• :1 - Major version (recommended for most users)
• :1.0 - Minor version
• :1.0.0 - Exact patch version
• :latest - Latest version (may include breaking changes)

Recommendation: Pin to the major version (e.g., :1) to receive bug fixes and minor updates without breaking changes.

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md for information on:

• Creating new features
• Testing features locally
• Publishing to the registry

Resources

• Dev Container Feature Specification
• Feature Distribution Specification
• Dev Container CLI