Dev Container Templates

This repository contains a collection of Development Container templates that provide pre-configured development environments for various technologies.

Available Templates

Pixi

Pixi is a fast, cross-platform package management tool focused on Python, C, C++, and other scientific workflows. This template provides a development container with Pixi pre-installed, making it easy to manage dependencies and environments.

Features

• Pre-installed Pixi package manager
• Configured for Python, C, and C++ development
• Bash completion for Pixi commands
• VSCode extensions for Python and Pixi development

Usage

To use the Pixi template:

1. Create a new folder for your project:

mkdir my-pixi-project && cd my-pixi-project

2. Apply the template:

devcontainer templates apply -t ghcr.io/blooop/devcontainer-templates/pixi:latest

3. Open the devcontainer:

devcontainer open

This will start a new VSCode window with the development container running, with Pixi ready to use.

Template Options

The Pixi template accepts the following options:

• pixiVersion: The version of Pixi to install (default: v0.41.4)
• projectName: The name of your project (default: pixi-project)

To specify options when applying the template:

devcontainer templates apply -t ghcr.io/blooop/devcontainer-templates/pixi:latest --project-name my-awesome-project --pixi-version v0.41.4

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to these templates or suggest improvements, please open an issue or pull request in this repository.