Positron via Coder

Positron
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Coder (https://coder.com/) is "an open-source platform where developers and AI agents collaborate securely in self-hosted environments on your infrastructure."

As work is done on positron server, I'm wondering if this platform can be included as a target. It already supports VS Code (both desktop and web versions), so it seems like it should also be able to integrate with positron.

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At Calvin University, Coder is the current solution for Computer Science (using VS Code), and I'd like to be able to piggy-back on that infrastructure to provide Positron to our students. (We already have RStudio included in Coder.)

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Hi @rpruim thanks for reaching out!

We are not planning to release a standalone Positron server: How can I use Positron with a server?

The native browser or server-based version of Positron is only available via Posit Workbench.

We do offer free teaching licenses of Workbench, see: How can I use Positron in an educational setting?

In academic settings, we are seeking to make it easier to integrate Posit Workbench/Positron Pro (including free teaching licenses) into existing infrastructure. If you'd like to discuss more please reach out by email (I'm thomas @posit.co).

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Thanks for the quick response. We do use Posit Workbench (for RStudio). But we are watching Positron to see if/when it is time to make the switch. And since Coder is already being used for other things, we'll be exploring how Positron works in that context.

For teaching purposes, a browser-based solution has many advantages, including greatly simplify the start-up for students.