Google Cloud Shell is an online bash shell based on Debian.[1][2][3] The free tier (included with all Gmail accounts) includes 1.7 gigabytes of random-access memory and a persistent 5 gigabyte home directory. Except for the home and root directories, the Cloud Shell environment is volatile[clarification needed].

The editor in Google Cloud Shell is based on Eclipse Theia.[4]

References

  1. ^ “Cloud Shell – Browser Based Command Line | Cloud Shell – Browser Based Command Line”. Google Cloud. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ Dinesh, Sandeep (2018-06-26). “No localhost? No problem! Using Google Cloud Shell as my full time development environment”. Medium. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. ^ “Exploring the Google Cloud Platform: Utilizing Cloud Shell”. Jungle Disk Blog. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  4. ^ Efftinge, Sven (31 March 2020). “Theia 1.0 — Finally a Good Browser IDE”. dev.to. DEV Community. Retrieved 24 August 2020. Google runs Theia as the editor in the Google Cloud Shell