vs-code-mobile (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Simple and Quick way to use VS Code Server on a phone without root/jailbreak.

This project uses code-server to install VS Code on your phone It can be used in the phone's browser or any other device on the same network.

Pre-Requisites

• A phone running either -

  • Android
  • Linux
  • iOS/iPadOS (untested)

• Terminal emulator

  • Android: Termux from F-Droid or Play Store.
  • Linux: Any terminal app works good.
  • iOS/iPadOS: iSH from App Store or AltStore.

• A network connection (VPN might cause problems when accessing via another device on the network)

• Common Sense (optional)

Oneliner for all

curl -fsSL https://git.io/JRnBZ | bash

ANDROID

Step 1: One liner script

Open Termux and paste the command below

curl -fsSL https://git.io/JY372 | bash

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Step 2: Integrating system storage

If you want to be able to access your phone's storage from VS Code and Termux, accept the storage permission as shown below.

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Step 3: Starting the server

Run code-server from the terminal to start VS Code server. You may also set it to auto-start when termux is opened, by putting code-server at the end of your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file.

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Note: Password authentication is disabled by default.

Edit the ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml to enable password authentication as shown below and change the default password before running it in a production environment.

...
auth: password
password: somestrongpassword 
...

Step 4: Run VS Code in Browser

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 and enter your password that you set in Step 3.

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Step 5: Access VS Code on other devices

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Step 6: Further Setup and useful tweaks

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• Select a Dark theme by going to ⚙️ -> Color Theme -> Dark/Dark+
• Access local storage easily

To-Do:

• Add Open SUSE support in Linux script
• Make an all-in-one script
• Let user input password right after install
• Enable https