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by joecot 2714 days ago
You can get something very similar using AWS Cloud9. You can make Cloud9 workspaces that are full IDEs, which also includes terminal access. If you use your Cloud9 workspace as just a frontend to you own server (using SSH), it's free (besides the likely negligible data transfer), and it can be any server you want, not just on AWS. If you use your Cloud9 workspace bundled to a new EC2 Server, you pay the normal hourly cost of the server, and can have it shut itself off when it's idle.

So Cloud9 does the same thing, plus file editing in your browser, for pretty much free. And while Amazon isn't perfect, I trust their security more than a random site.

https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/