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Daytona vs Draw Folder Structure
Daytona provisions full dev environments, not just folder visualizations.
DaytonaSet up a development environment on any infrastructure, with a single command.
Draw Folder StructureRepresent your project's folder and file structure in Markdown format.Side by side
- What it is
- Daytona:Daytona is an open-source dev environment manager that creates secure, elastic sandboxes for code and AI agent execution.
- Draw Folder Structure:Draw Folder Structure is a VS Code extension that generates a Markdown representation of your project’s folder and file hierarchy.
- Best for
- Daytona:Self-hosted sandbox environments
- Draw Folder Structure:Markdown visualizations of folder trees
- Who it’s for
- Daytona:Developers and teams needing isolated, reproducible environments for any infrastructure.
- Draw Folder Structure:VS Code users who need quick, readable documentation of project structures.
- Pricing
- Daytona:Open source
- Draw Folder Structure:Free
- Open source
- Daytona:Yes, 71,707 GitHub stars
- Draw Folder Structure:Yes, 28 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Daytona:Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go, Java
- Draw Folder Structure:Visual Studio Code
- DevHunt upvotes
- Daytona:339
- Draw Folder Structure:13
- Launched on DevHunt
- Daytona:May 2024
- Draw Folder Structure:Mar 2024
Daytona features
- Sandboxes. Isolated full composable computers that spin up in under 90 ms and retain state.
- Agent tools. Programmatic APIs and SDKs for code execution, filesystem ops, and lifecycle management.
- Human tools. Dashboard, web terminal, SSH and VNC access for interactive sessions.
- Platform controls. Governance, API keys, audit logs and OpenTelemetry for organizations.
- System tools. Hooks, webhooks and network limits for custom lifecycle events.
- Multi-language SDKs. Client libraries for Python, TypeScript, Ruby, Go and Java.
Draw Folder Structure features
- One-click generation. Generate a Markdown tree of any folder with a single context-menu click.
- Customizable designs. Choose from dozens of predefined styles such as EmojiDashes, MinimalistDots, and BoldBlocks.
- Automatic clipboard copy. The generated Markdown is automatically copied to the clipboard with a notification.
- Glob-based exclusions. Exclude files or folders using glob patterns (e.g., **/node_modules, **/*.log).
- Recursion control. Toggle recursive scanning of subfolders via the allowRecursion setting.
- Gitignore respect. Optionally honor .gitignore rules when building the structure.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.