This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Marksh16
I’m Mark, a 15-year-old student and solo programmer. Over the last months, I built Onix Enviro from the ground up because my friends and I kept running into the same problem at school: online IDEs were either too slow, too limited, or locked behind restrictions that made real development nearly impossible. We would try to spin up projects from our school laptops, only to waste time dealing with broken setups, missing features, or tools we weren't allowed to install. Eventually one of my friends asked if I could build something better, so I did. I wanted something fast, full-featured, open source, and built specifically for students and programmers like us, something that actually worked the way we needed it to. That is how Onix Enviro started.
At first, my goal was simply to create a reliable environment where I could run Node, Python, C, or PHP without constantly encountering configuration issues. However, as the project progressed, it became clear that the limitations of existing platforms were deeper and more structural than I initially thought.
Many online IDEs feel like temporary solutions, tools meant for lightweight demos or beginners, not serious development. They often lack support for essential features like Docker, package management, or port forwarding, and impose restrictions that make complex projects difficult or impossible to build.
With Onix Enviro, I set out to create something fundamentally different. I wanted an environment that closely mirrors the flexibility and power of local development while offering the speed, consistency, and accessibility of the cloud. That meant integrating full Visual Studio Code in the browser instead of a limited editor. It meant supporting APT package installation so developers could work in any stack they chose. And it meant allowing Docker to run natively within each workspace to enable real project isolation and full-stack development.
The platform also features a streamlined dashboard for managing projects and environments. Users can switch between stacks, launch new containers, and access pre-built templates for common languages and frameworks, all without unnecessary complexity or manual setup.
Now it is way easier for us to work on projects whether at school or at home with any tools needed.
It is open source, free to use, and designed to remove the friction that so often slows down development. You can try it now and experience a more efficient approach to cloud-based programming.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Marksh16
Marksh16 | Sciencx (2025-08-05T07:34:48+00:00) I Built My Own Cloud Dev Platform to Fix Everything That Annoyed Me About Coding. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/08/05/i-built-my-own-cloud-dev-platform-to-fix-everything-that-annoyed-me-about-coding/
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