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[Feat]: Run code-server containers entirely on browser natively using container2wasm or similar ones, using wasm
What is your suggestion?
Implement container2wasm or similar ones to make the containers run solely and entirely on a browser without needing to run it on a remote server.
Why do you want this feature?
This feature really helps us to eliminate the need for servers/virtual machines and helps to people to use it inside the browser only
Are there any workarounds to get this functionality today?
Unfortunately not, as it involves WASM to be implemented
Are you interested in submitting a PR for this?
Yes, I am interested but i really dont have in depth knowledge on wasm and docker containers to proceed with this
Interesting idea. Is there anything we actually need to implement in code-server though? At a glance it looks like container2wasm would be responsible for making everything work.
Networking part is currently missing in the container2wasm, may be somehow if we can integrate it with the code-server and make it work all alone in the browser & a installation script for it would be really great
I see, so nothing we can do until networking is implemented in container2wasm right?
That's an interesting project! They have now experimental network support. This "wasm container" can access the network using an HTTPS proxy: https://ktock.github.io/container2wasm-demo/amd64-debian-wasi.html allowing to use the fetch api of the browser. That should be enough for normal github access etc. There is also a way using a local server and connecting with websocket. But I think that does not really make sense..
Maybe with a bit effort (wrapping packets), one could enable a wireguard proxy over the fetch api .. would be a cool feature for https://github.com/coder/wgtunnel :P
Closing for now, it does not appear to be something we have to address in code-server itself, if I understand correctly.