Command-line tool

devcontainer

brew/devcontainer

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTC · Still published on npm

Reference implementation for the Development Containers specification

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTC

Install it

Windows

npm install -g @devcontainers/cli

macOS

brew install devcontainer
npm install -g @devcontainers/cli

Linux

npm install -g @devcontainers/cli

Create and run a Dev Container

devcontainer up

Apply a Dev Container Template to a workspace

devcontainer templates apply -t template_id -a template_args -w path/to/workspace

Execute a command on a running Dev Container in the current workspace

devcontainer exec command

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