diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5138b1d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "name": "nfcore",
+    "image": "nfcore/gitpod:latest",
+    "postCreateCommand": "python -m pip install --upgrade -r ../requirements-dev.txt -e ../",
+    "remoteUser": "gitpod",
+
+    // Configure tool-specific properties.
+    "customizations": {
+        // Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+        "vscode": {
+            // Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+            "settings": {
+                "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/opt/conda/bin/python",
+                "python.linting.enabled": true,
+                "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
+                "python.formatting.autopep8Path": "/opt/conda/bin/autopep8",
+                "python.formatting.yapfPath": "/opt/conda/bin/yapf",
+                "python.linting.flake8Path": "/opt/conda/bin/flake8",
+                "python.linting.pycodestylePath": "/opt/conda/bin/pycodestyle",
+                "python.linting.pydocstylePath": "/opt/conda/bin/pydocstyle",
+                "python.linting.pylintPath": "/opt/conda/bin/pylint"
+            },
+
+            // Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+            "extensions": ["ms-python.python", "ms-python.vscode-pylance", "nf-core.nf-core-extensionpack"]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 800ba7ab10..fc73294b5a 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -127,3 +127,19 @@ You can replicate this process locally with the following commands:
 nf-core create -n testpipeline -d "This pipeline is for testing"
 nf-core lint nf-core-testpipeline
 ```
+
+## GitHub Codespaces
+
+This repo includes a devcontainer configuration which will create a GitHub Codespaces for Nextflow development! This is an online developer environment that runs in your browser, complete with VSCode and a terminal.
+
+To get started:
+
+- Open the repo in [Codespaces](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/codespaces)
+- Tools installed
+  - nf-core
+  - Nextflow
+
+Devcontainer specs:
+
+- [DevContainer config](.devcontainer/devcontainer.json)
+- [Dockerfile](.devcontainer/Dockerfile)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61ca21ffed..0e5703246f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Template
 
 - Fix lint warnings for `samplesheet_check.nf` module
+- Add codespaces template ([#1957](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/1957))
 - Check that the workflow name provided with a template doesn't contain dashes ([#1822](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/1822))
 
 ### Linting
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea27a5843a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "name": "nfcore",
+    "image": "nfcore/gitpod:latest",
+    "remoteUser": "gitpod",
+
+    // Configure tool-specific properties.
+    "customizations": {
+        // Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+        "vscode": {
+            // Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+            "settings": {
+                "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/opt/conda/bin/python",
+                "python.linting.enabled": true,
+                "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
+                "python.formatting.autopep8Path": "/opt/conda/bin/autopep8",
+                "python.formatting.yapfPath": "/opt/conda/bin/yapf",
+                "python.linting.flake8Path": "/opt/conda/bin/flake8",
+                "python.linting.pycodestylePath": "/opt/conda/bin/pycodestyle",
+                "python.linting.pydocstylePath": "/opt/conda/bin/pydocstyle",
+                "python.linting.pylintPath": "/opt/conda/bin/pylint"
+            },
+
+            // Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+            "extensions": ["ms-python.python", "ms-python.vscode-pylance", "nf-core.nf-core-extensionpack"]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b9720ac70b..9afdd2987b 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -109,3 +109,19 @@ If you are using a new feature from core Nextflow, you may bump the minimum requ
 ### Images and figures
 
 For overview images and other documents we follow the nf-core [style guidelines and examples](https://nf-co.re/developers/design_guidelines).
+
+## GitHub Codespaces
+
+This repo includes a devcontainer configuration which will create a GitHub Codespaces for Nextflow development! This is an online developer environment that runs in your browser, complete with VSCode and a terminal.
+
+To get started:
+
+- Open the repo in [Codespaces](https://github.com/{{ name }}/codespaces)
+- Tools installed
+  - nf-core
+  - Nextflow
+
+Devcontainer specs:
+
+- [DevContainer config](.devcontainer/devcontainer.json)
+- [Dockerfile](.devcontainer/Dockerfile)