Ask HN: Cloud 9 closing for good. Any alternatives

11 points by Lordarminius 7y ago ↗ HN

As some feared and predicted, Amazon is closing C9 in December.I learned to code on C( reading Michael Hartl's rail book. Can anyone recommend any alternative cloud based coding platforms ?

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pdm55 7y ago ↗

https://repl.it/

ziaddotcom 7y ago ↗

I think just unmigrated legacy accounts are going away, but you move it over the the same cloud IDE setup just pegged to a regular aws account https://c9.io/announcement

drannex 7y ago ↗

Microsoft is launching [Visual Studio Code Online](https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/microsoft-launches-visual-...) soon and [Stackblitz](https://stackblitz.com/) has an online code editor based on Visual Studio Code as well.

TheGrumpyBrit 7y ago ↗

You can also run Code online on your own server: https://github.com/cdr/code-server

devcat 7y ago ↗

You can use code-server[1] to get a vscode web ide

[1] https://github.com/cdr/code-server

herohamp 7y ago ↗

This is so great, I have completely switched from self hosted c9 to coder

bitpush 7y ago ↗

When was this announced? I seem to have completely missed it. Can someone link a previous discussion on HN about it?

pdm55 7y ago ↗

There are a few scattered comments. Try Search at the bottom of the HN page.

htkibar 7y ago ↗

Cloud9 is not shutting down. You just have to use AWS version of it.

ahmgeek 7y ago ↗

https://repl.it/

flaviocopes 7y ago ↗

CodeSandbox is pretty nice! https://codesandbox.io

I also like Glitch a lot https://glitch.com

sharcerer 7y ago ↗

Amazon's the new Google.

elviejo 7y ago ↗

<sarcasm>I'm still fearing that I won't be able to open Emacs tomorrow morning </sarcasm>

Seriously though, your Editor is one of the most basic tools is as important as the chair you sit, or the keys to your house... you shouldn't depend on somebody else's computer to access edit your code.