Is code-server secure?

Legit.Show measured code-server's Security frame at 100/100. Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy. Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.

How does Legit.Show measure code-server?

Legit.Show scores seven frames — Performance, Accessibility, Security, Privacy, Reliability, Standards and Discoverability — deterministically from the public surface (URL, HTTP headers, real Lighthouse), with no LLM in the scoring path. See legit.show/methodology.

Infrastructure & DevOps

code-server

Source: coder/code-server · ★ 77898 · TypeScript

Last updated 2026-06-11 · benchmark measured 2026-09-23 — deterministic & reproducible

Self-hosted cloud development environments and AI agent infrastructure for enterprises.

77/100

7/7 frames

Top 54% of 14,138 measured · #3 of 12 in online code editor

Legit Benchmark — the simple average of 7 measured frames. Frames we could not measure are left out of the average, never counted as zero. Every frame is shown below with its evidence.

Checked 2026-09-23 · scores move as sites change

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Legit.Show scored code-server 77/100 on 2026-09-23, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/gh-coder-code-server/2026-09-23

Is code-server production-ready?

Legit.Show scores code-server 77 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on code-server (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Security; its weakest is Privacy. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.

The 7 Frames

Performance — 29/100
Accessibility — 91/100
Security — 100/100
How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
Privacy — 25/100
How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
Reliability — 100/100
Standards — 97/100
Discoverability — 100/100

What we measured

Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
Real Lighthouse performance run — 181 ms to first byte.
Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
No privacy policy found.
Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Discoverable: structured data, sitemap, OpenGraph image, canonical URL.

Who built it

Ammar Bandukwala, Kyle Carberry · product account @coderhq

Who it's for

Enterprise developers · DevOps teams · Government agencies · Financial services organizations · AI-native development teams

Pricing

Community: Free; Premium: Annually per user (exact price not specified)

Sources and updates

Description: Taken from coder.com's own website on 2026-06-11.
Code: github.com/coder/code-server.
Benchmark: Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-09-23.

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