# Request Julia Support for GitHub Codespaces - Spread the word!

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-julia-support-for-github-codespaces-spread-the-word/38974>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-julia-support-for-github-codespaces-spread-the-word/38974 "2020-05-07T17:37:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![logankilpatrick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/logankilpatrick/32/38123_2.png) [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-julia-support-for-github-codespaces-spread-the-word/38974/1 "2020-05-07T17:37:03Z")

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Hey all, it would be awesome to get Julia supported in GitHub’s new Codespaces out of the box (it’s an online IDE where you can edit and program right in a repo).

If you are interested, sign up for the beta and request “Julia” under “Other”! [https://github.com/features/codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-julia-support-for-github-codespaces-spread-the-word/38974/2 "2020-05-07T17:43:42Z")

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I think it will have Julia support out of the box. You can just specify a docker image and what extensions you want loaded in the dev container, and that should be enough. Visual Studio Codespaces is the same thing under a different name, and it fully supports Julia.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-julia-support-for-github-codespaces-spread-the-word/38974/3 "2020-05-07T18:14:31Z")

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Still very good to officially register your interest in Julia there — especially seeing as they didn’t explicitly bless it with a [\*].

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**Author:** ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-julia-support-for-github-codespaces-spread-the-word/38974/4 "2020-05-07T18:32:50Z")

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Very excited to try this out.

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**Author:** ![davidanthoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/davidanthoff/32/223493_2.png) [@davidanthoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davidanthoff)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-julia-support-for-github-codespaces-spread-the-word/38974/5 "2020-05-07T19:13:16Z")

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You can try essentially the same thing today at [https://online.visualstudio.com/login](https://online.visualstudio.com/login).