Coder is a self‑hosted platform that lets organizations run development environments on their own infrastructure—cloud, on‑premises, or air‑gapped. Environments are defined as code with Terraform, so they can be reproduced consistently across VMs, Kubernetes clusters, Docker, and other runtimes. Developers and approved AI coding agents can spin up workspaces from predefined templates in seconds, using the IDEs and tools they prefer (VS Code, JetBrains, Jupyter, etc.). The system isolates compute resources, controls access, and keeps source code within the organization’s security perimeter. Key capabilities include: - Governance of AI agents: compute, data, and context are explicitly managed. - Rapid onboarding: new developers get ready‑to‑code environments without manual setup. - Support for heavy workloads: GPU/CPU resources can be allocated for ML tasks. - Compliance‑ready deployment: works with GDPR, DORA, SOC 2, and can run on classified networks. Overall, Coder provides a unified, extensible way to provision, secure, and manage development environments while allowing AI‑assisted coding under strict organizational controls.