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LiveCodes by live-codes

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A Code Playground That Just Works!

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Verdict 70/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 5 months ago

Self-host LiveCodes on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Deploy LiveCodes on hetzner → View on GitHub
Health score
70 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
1.4k
248 forks

About LiveCodes

From the project's README at github.com/live-codes/livecodes. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

A feature-rich, open-source, client-side code playground for React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Typescript, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP and 90+ languages/frameworks.

[](https://status.livecodes.io) [](https://livecodes.io) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/livecodes) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/livecodes) [](https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/livecodes) [](https://livecodes.io/docs/languages/) [](https://livecodes.io/docs/) [](https://livecodes.io/docs/llms.txt) [![LiveCodes: llms-full.txt](https://img.shiel

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
58
maturity
85
community
87
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
29

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 1.4k github.com/live-codes/livecodes
GitHub forks 248 github.com/live-codes/livecodes
NPM downloads (last month) 24k livecodes

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.5 yearssince Jan 2021
Last commit3 months agoApr 2, 2026
Releases shipped72last: 5 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links4declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

1 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: CVE-2026-27701.

What people say on Hacker News

Ready to self-host LiveCodes?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Deploy on hetzner → $4.13/mo Read install docs on GitHub

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

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