CodeDash 1.0 Beta: Python, Collaboration, and Shareable Snapshots
CodeDash 1.0 Beta adds Python, real-time collaboration, and embeddable snapshots — free tier included.
New York, NY – August 24, 2026 – Luna Web Studio today released CodeDash 1.0 Beta, the first public beta of its in-browser playground for learning to code. The release brings Python alongside HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, adds real-time collaboration and embeddable snapshots, and keeps the whole thing running in a browser tab — no installs, no server, and no account required to start.
A classroom-shaped editor
CodeDash is built around how a lesson actually runs. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript sit side by side with a live preview that re-renders as students type — no save button, no build step. A dedicated Instructions tab holds the teacher’s README, written in Markdown and rendered live, so the task and the work stay on one screen instead of across two tabs.
When something breaks, Training Wheels error messages explain the problem in plain language and point at the line that caused it, rather than handing a beginner a raw stack trace. Autosave runs from the first keystroke, so a closed tab doesn’t cost a class period. Instructions can also be read aloud in the browser.
Python, in the browser
CodeDash now includes a dedicated Python mode with its own file, run button, and output panel. Code executes entirely in the browser, which means a Python lesson and a web design lesson can run in the same tab, on the same school hardware, with nothing to install.
Real-time collaboration
Pro accounts can now work in the same project at the same time, with live cursors and instant updates. Pair programming, group projects, and live demos work without screen-sharing or passing files back and forth.
Snapshots, embedding, and GitHub
Every save can be frozen into a snapshot: a runnable copy with a permanent link. Anyone who opens it sees the project working, not a screenshot of it. Snapshots embed directly into Schoology, Canvas, or any Markdown document, so a live example lives wherever the lesson lives. Projects can also be pushed straight to a GitHub repository without touching a terminal, or exported as plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Built for classrooms, useful for everyone
CodeDash is designed first for educators and students, but the same features — live preview, plain-language errors, instant share links, browser-only execution — make it just as useful for self-taught learners, hackathon teams, and anyone who wants to prototype an idea without standing up a development environment.
“The goal hasn’t changed,” said the Luna Web Studio team. “We want the time between ‘I have an idea’ and ‘I can show someone what I made’ to be as short as possible — for a ninth-grader, for a self-taught learner, for anyone.”
What “beta” means here
The 1.0 Beta label is deliberate. Autosave is still being watched closely, uploaded assets are capped at 2 MB each, snapshots are public to anyone holding the link with no private sharing yet, and Lite projects are stored in the browser they were created in. Luna Web Studio is publishing these limits alongside the release rather than after it.
Pricing
CodeDash is free to start, and the free tier is not a trial. Lite costs nothing and includes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with live preview, Python in the browser, unlimited local projects, and shareable permalinks — no card, no timer, no upgrade prompt to keep working.
Pro, at $4.99 per month, adds cloud storage that syncs projects across devices and sessions, asset uploading, built-in tests, GitHub support, real-time collaboration, and embedding.
CodeDash 1.0 Beta is available now at codedash.dev. A full list of what shipped is published in the CodeDash changelog.
About Luna Web Studio
Luna Web Studio builds digital tools that make learning and creativity more accessible. CodeDash is the studio’s flagship product, used in classrooms and by self-taught learners.
Contact Information:
Luna Web Studio
Email: hello@lunaweb.studio
Website: lunawebstudio.com
Product: codedash.dev