Edit a small code workspace together, then let it go
Code Workspace is a collaborative code editor that opens inside a Free4Chat Room. One person adds files, everyone edits the same documents, and changes plus cursors sync live, so a pair or a small group can read, rewrite and paste snippets on one shared workspace instead of describing them out loud.
Quick facts
- Editor
- Monaco, the editor inside VS Code
- Workspace
- Up to 12 files, 32 KiB each
- File tree
- Derived from the slash-separated paths
- Together
- Live edits, remote cursors and presence
- Devices
- Desktop browsers only
- Not included
- No terminal, execution, Git or debugger
How it works
- Open Code Workspace in a Room on a desktop browser.
- Add or open the files you want to work on together.
- Edit in the same workspace, then copy anything worth keeping before the Room ends.
What you can do
- Add a file by typing a path such as src/index.ts; folders appear on their own.
- Edit the same documents at the same time and see each other's cursors.
- Keep several files open in tabs while you work.
- Read and write TypeScript, JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, CSS and more with highlighting.
- Keep the Room's voice and chat open beside the editor.
Why use it in a Free4Chat Room
The editor is Monaco, the editor inside VS Code, with syntax highlighting, tabs for the files you have open, a directory tree derived from the file paths, and TypeScript, JavaScript and JSON language features running in a browser worker. Remote cursors and a presence strip show who is in the workspace and which file they are on, and the Room's own voice and chat stay beside it because the workspace occupies the same Room.
Limits & privacy
It is deliberately not a development environment. There is no terminal, no code execution, no package installation, no Git, no debugger and no server-side language server, and the files are not a persistent filesystem: a workspace holds at most 12 files of 32 KiB each within a 96 KiB total, it is desktop-browser only, and it disappears with the Room. Treat it as a shared scratch surface for reading and writing code together, not as somewhere to keep a project.
Frequently asked questions
Can it run my code?
No. There is no terminal, no execution environment and no package installation; the workspace edits text and nothing more.
Is it a cloud IDE?
No. Files live only in the browsers that have the workspace open, there is no Git, no debugger and no server-side language service, and nothing is stored after the Room ends.
Does it work on a phone?
No. Code Workspace asks for a desktop browser and says so on a narrow screen; the Room's voice, chat and other activities keep working there.
Do folders need to be created?
No. Typing a path like src/components/button.ts creates the folders it implies, and a folder disappears when its last file is deleted.
How big can the workspace get?
Up to 12 files, 32 KiB per file, 96 KiB of text in total. A refusal always explains which bound was reached.