coder/dev-c

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display_name	description	icon	maintainer_github	verified	tags
C and C++ Development Workspace	Docker workspace for C and C++ development with GCC, Clang, CMake, and Claude Code.	/icon/cpp.svg	sirblob	false	docker container gpu c cpp cmake claude ollama

C and C++ Development Workspace

Docker workspace for C and C++ development with GCC, Clang, CMake, and Claude Code.

Provisions a Docker container as a Coder workspace with selectable GPU passthrough, Docker-out-of-Docker, and a persistent home directory.

Preinstalled tools

• GCC and G++ via build-essential
• Clang, clangd, clang-format, and clang-tidy
• CMake, Ninja, Autotools, and ccache
• GDB, LLDB, and Valgrind
• Claude Code
• Docker CLI for Docker-out-of-Docker
• Gitea CLI (tea)
• code-server and JetBrains Toolbox support

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
GPU Assignment	Which GPU(s) to attach: GPU 0, GPU 1, or both. GPU 1 is shared with the Ollama and Immich stacks.	GPU 0

Prerequisites

The host needs the NVIDIA container toolkit for GPU passthrough. Coder itself runs as a container and creates workspaces through the host's Docker socket, so its service needs the socket mounted and the host docker group added:

volumes:
  - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
group_add:
  - "987"

Workspaces get the same GID through the docker_group_id template variable, which defaults to 987. Confirm the host GID with getent group docker and override the variable if it differs.

Ollama

OLLAMA_HOST is preset to http://host.docker.internal:11434. Verify with:

curl "$OLLAMA_HOST/api/tags"

Gitea

The tea CLI manages repositories, issues, and pull requests from the workspace:

tea login add --name sirblob --url https://git.sirblob.co --token <token>
tea repos list

Docker-out-of-Docker lets you build and push images to the registry:

docker login git.sirblob.co -u <user> -p <token>
docker build -t git.sirblob.co/<user>/<image>:<tag> .
docker push git.sirblob.co/<user>/<image>:<tag>

Updates

The image is built with the base packages already upgraded, and the agent runs apt-get update and apt-get upgrade on every workspace start so a long-lived container keeps picking up security updates.

Persistence

/home/coder is mapped to a host directory and survives workspace restarts. The rest of the root filesystem is ephemeral, so every preinstalled tool lives under /opt or /usr/local instead of the home directory.

Files

File	Contents
main.tf	Providers, data sources, and shared locals
parameters.tf	Workspace parameters
agent.tf	Coder agent, startup script, and metadata
apps.tf	code-server and JetBrains modules
container.tf	Docker image build and container resource
Dockerfile	Workspace image