Remix-IDE: Pushing from Remix to Github. Episode 3
I’m sure I’m not the only developer who thinks online IDEs are one of the best things to happen in the development world. Like seriously, they’ve made building and testing so much easier. Everything happens in one place — from writing your code, compiling, debugging, to deploying — it’s all right there. It’s interactive, smooth, and just makes the whole building process faster.
Now imagine this: what if you could do all your GitHub stuff — committing, cloning, pushing, pulling, creating branches — all right from inside your IDE? No terminal switching, no local setup stress.
Well, that’s exactly what we’re diving into today.
In this session, I’m going to walk you through how to use Remix IDE to handle your GitHub workflow — from connecting your account to pushing your commits — all without ever leaving your browser. So, I hope you’re ready, because this one’s going to be really practical.
But before we go straight into it, let’s do a quick recap of the Git plugin section inside Remix IDE.
Quick Recap
So the Git plugin in Remix basically allows you to manage your repositories directly inside Remix. You can create new repos, clone existing ones, commit, push, pull — all the good stuff you’d normally do through Git CLI or your desktop app.
It’s built right in, and once you get used to it, it really saves you time.
Now, the page I have right now isn’t a fresh workspace — I already have some projects here. So what I’m going to do is delete this workspace completely so we can start from scratch.
⚠️ But please don’t delete your workspace if you haven’t saved your work to GitHub yet.
Remix uses Swarm for data storage, and your data can easily get wiped if you haven’t synced it. So before you clear anything, make sure your work is backed up.
Once you delete everything, you should be left with a clean, default Remix workspace. That’s what we’ll be working with.
Setting Up GitHub in Remix
Now that we’re starting fresh, you’ll see a few options — you can initialize a repository, or you can clone one from GitHub.
If you choose Initialize Repository, Remix will create a new Git repo for you right in your workspace — basically setting up the version control so you can start committing your changes.
If you want to bring in a project that’s already on GitHub, that’s where Clone comes in. You’ll just need the Git URL of the repo and the branch you want to work on, and Remix will handle the rest.
Before we do any of that though, let’s make sure Remix is properly connected to your GitHub account.
Git Setup
When you click on the Git Setup button, it’ll take you to the setup section.
Here you’ll need to provide a few details:
- Your GitHub username
- The email you used when registering on GitHub
- And optionally, your GitHub access token
The access token isn’t always necessary for public repos, but if you’re working on private projects, it’s best to have it ready. Once you fill everything in and click Save, Remix connects to your GitHub account — and just like that, you’re ready to go.
Cloning from GitHub
Now let’s talk about cloning, because Remix gives you two ways to do this.
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The first one is Load from GitHub.
This method only works if your GitHub account is already connected to Remix. Once connected, Remix will list all your repos, and you can just pick the one you want, select the branch, and it’ll load it directly into your workspace.
The second method is Clone — and this one’s even cooler.
You don’t need to be logged in or have your GitHub connected at all. As long as the repo you’re trying to clone is public, all you need is the Git URL. Paste it in, hit clone, and Remix will pull the entire project right into your environment.
Pretty neat, right?
Working with Branches
Once your repo is loaded or initialized, you can create a new branch or continue working on the existing one. This works just like GitHub desktop or CLI — you can switch branches, rename them, whatever fits your workflow.
committing and Pushing Changes
Now let’s get into the fun part — committing and pushing your work.
Before you can push any changes to GitHub, you have to commit them locally first.
To do that, go to the Source Control tab, type in your commit message, and click Commit.
That’s it — your changes are now staged locally inside Remix.
From there, you can either Pull (to grab the latest updates from your branch if someone else made changes) or Push (to upload your changes to GitHub).
Once you push, go check your GitHub repo — you’ll see your changes appear there almost instantly. And congratulations, you just committed and pushed code directly from Remix!
Checking Your Commit Log
One cool feature Remix gives you is the Commit Log section.
Here, you can see a full list of all your commits — what was pushed, when, and what message you used. It’s great for double-checking that everything actually went through and nothing got lost in the process.
Wrap-Up
And that’s pretty much it, guys!
You’ve just learned how to connect Remix IDE with your GitHub account, initialize and clone repos, create branches, commit your changes, and push them back to GitHub — all from inside your browser.
You don’t need to install Git locally or switch between tools — Remix handles it all for you.
Now that you know how it works, go ahead and play around with it. Try cloning a few public repos, make some changes, and push them back up. The more you experiment, the faster you’ll master it.
That’s all for this session. I’ll catch you in the next one
