github.dev is solely the VSCode frontend/editor without access to any compute. OpenVSCode Server allows you to run VS Code on a remote machine and access it wit

github.dev is solely the VSCode frontend/editor without access to any compute. OpenVSCode Server allows you to run VS Code on a remote machine and access it with a thin client through the browser. Unlike github.dev you get full access to the underlying OS and can run tests, compilation, install dependencies etc.