cuihtlauac/ocaml-devcontainer repository overview

⁠OCaml DevContainer

Production-ready OCaml development environment for VS Code, GitHub Codespaces, and any editor. Designed for tutorials and workshops where zero-friction onboarding is critical.

⁠Quick Start

⁠GitHub Codespaces (Instant)

[!Open in GitHub Codespaces⁠](https://codespaces.new/tarides/ocaml-devcontainer⁠)

⁠GitHub CLI

gh codespace create --repo tarides/ocaml-devcontainer
gh codespace ssh

⁠Local (Any Editor)

npm install -g @devcontainers/cli
git clone https://github.com/tarides/ocaml-devcontainer.git
cd ocaml-devcontainer
devcontainer up --workspace-folder .
devcontainer exec --workspace-folder . dune build

⁠What's Included

• OCaml 5.4 with standard and ThreadSanitizer variants
• Build: dune, ocaml-lsp-server, merlin, ocamlformat, utop, odoc
• Testing: alcotest, ppx_expect, qcheck
• Profiling: landmarks, memtrace, olly
• Editors: VS Code, Vim, Emacs, Neovim, Claude Code

⁠OCaml Switches

⁠For Tutorial Authors

FROM cuihtlauac/ocaml-devcontainer:latest
RUN opam install -y lwt eio
COPY exercises/ /home/vscode/exercises/

⁠Source

github.com/tarides/ocaml-devcontainer⁠