add descriptions to feature metadata (no-ci)

src/aws-cli/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "aws-cli",
     "name": "AWS CLI",
+    "description": "Installs the AWS CLI along with needed dependencies. Useful for base Dockerfiles that often are missing required install dependencies like gpg.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/azure-cli/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
   "id": "azure-cli",
   "name": "Azure CLI",
+  "description": "Installs the Azure CLI along with needed dependencies. Useful for base Dockerfiles that often are missing required install dependencies like gpg.",
   "options": {
     "version": {
       "type": "string",
-      "proposals": ["latest"],
+      "proposals": [
+        "latest"
+      ],
       "default": "latest",
       "description": "Select or enter an Azure CLI version. (Available versions may vary by Linux distribution.)"
     }
   },
-  "extensions": ["ms-vscode.azurecli"],
+  "extensions": [
+    "ms-vscode.azurecli"
+  ],
   "install": {
     "app": "",
     "file": "install.sh"

src/common/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "common",
-    "name": "common",
-    "description": "common",
+    "name": "Common Debian",
+    "description": "Installs a set of common command line utilities, Oh My Zsh!, and sets up a non-root user.",
     "options": {
         "install_Zsh": {
             "type": "boolean",

src/desktop-lite/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "desktop-lite",
-    "name": "Light-weight desktop (Fluxbox)",
+    "name": "Light-weight Desktop",
+    "description": "Adds a lightweight Fluxbox based desktop to the container that can be accessed using a VNC viewer or the web. GUI-based commands executed from the built-in VS code terminal will open on the desktop automatically.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/docker-from-docker/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "docker-from-docker",
-    "name": "Docker (Moby) support, reuse host Docker Engine (Docker-from-Docker)",
+    "name": "Docker (Docker-from-Docker)",
+    "descripton": "Re-use the host docker socket, adding the Docker CLI to a container. Feature invokes a script to enable using a forwarded Docker socket within a container to run Docker commands.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/docker-in-docker/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "docker-in-docker",
-    "name": "Docker (Moby) support (Docker-in-Docker)",
+    "name": "Docker (Docker-in-Docker)",
+    "description": "Create child containers *inside* a container, independent from the host's docker instance. Installs Docker extension in the container along with needed CLIs.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/dotnet/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "dotnet",
     "name": "Dotnet CLI",
+    "description": "Installs the .NET CLI. Provides option of installing sdk or runtime, and option of versions to install. Uses latest version of .NET sdk as defaults to install.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/git-lfs/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "git-lfs",
     "name": "Git Large File Support (LFS)",
+    "description": "Installs Git Large File Support (Git LFS) along with needed dependencies. Useful for base Dockerfiles that often are missing required install dependencies like git and curl.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/git/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "git",
-    "name": "Git (may require compilation)",
+    "name": "Git (from source)",
+    "description": "Install an up-to-date version of Git, built from source as needed. Useful for when you want the latest and greatest features. Auto-detects latest stable version and installs needed dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",
-            "proposals": ["latest", "os-provided"],
+            "proposals": [
+                "latest",
+                "os-provided"
+            ],
             "default": "os-provided",
             "description": "Select or enter a Git version."
         },

src/github-cli/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "github-cli",
     "name": "GitHub CLI",
+    "description": "Installs the GitHub CLI. Auto-detects latest version and installs needed dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/go/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "go",
     "name": "Go",
+    "description": "Installs Go and common Go utilities. Auto-detects latest version and installs needed dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",
-            "proposals": ["latest", "none", "1.18", "1.17"],
+            "proposals": [
+                "latest",
+                "none",
+                "1.18",
+                "1.17"
+            ],
             "default": "latest",
             "description": "Select or enter a Go version to install"
         }
     },
     "init": true,
-    "extensions": ["golang.Go"],
+    "extensions": [
+        "golang.Go"
+    ],
     "containerEnv": {
         "GOPATH": "/usr/local/go",
         "PATH": "${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}"
     },
-    "capAdd": [ "SYS_PTRACE" ],
-    "securityOpt": [ "seccomp=unconfined" ],
+    "capAdd": [
+        "SYS_PTRACE"
+    ],
+    "securityOpt": [
+        "seccomp=unconfined"
+    ],
     "install": {
         "app": "",
         "file": "install.sh"

src/java/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
   "id": "java",
   "name": "Java (via SDKMAN!)",
+  "description": "Installs Java, SDKMAN! (if not installed), and needed dependencies.",
   "options": {
     "version": {
       "type": "string",

src/kubectl-helm-minikube/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "kubectl-helm-minikube",
     "name": "Kubectl, Helm, and Minkube",
+    "description": "Installs latest version of kubectl, Helm, and optionally minikube. Auto-detects latest versions and installs needed dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/node/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "node",
     "name": "Node.js (via nvm) and yarn",
+    "description": "Installs Node.js, nvm, yarn, and needed dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/oryx/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "oryx",
     "name": "Oryx",
+    "description": "Installs the oryx CLI",
     "containerEnv": {
         "ORYX_SDK_STORAGE_BASE_URL": "https://oryx-cdn.microsoft.io",
         "ENABLE_DYNAMIC_INSTALL": "true",

src/powershell/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "powershell",
     "name": "PowerShell",
+    "description": "Installs PowerShell along with needed dependencies. Useful for base Dockerfiles that often are missing required install dependencies like gpg.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/python/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
   "id": "python",
-  "name": "Python (may require compilation)",
-  "description": "Python (may require compilation)",
+  "name": "Python",
+  "description": "Installs the provided version of Python, as well as PIPX, and other common Python utilities.  JupyterLab is conditionally installed with the python feature. Note: May require source code compilation.",
   "options": {
     "version": {
       "type": "string",

src/ruby/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "ruby",
     "name": "Ruby (via rvm)",
+    "description": "Installs Ruby, rvm, rbenv, common Ruby utilities, and needed dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",
-            "proposals": ["latest", "none", "3.1", "3.0", "2.7"],
+            "proposals": [
+                "latest",
+                "none",
+                "3.1",
+                "3.0",
+                "2.7"
+            ],
             "default": "latest",
             "description": "Select or enter a Ruby version to install"
         }

src/rust/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "rust",
     "name": "Rust",
+    "description": "Installs Rust, common Rust utilities, and their required dependencies",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",

src/sshd/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "sshd",
     "name": "SSH server",
+    "description": "Adds a SSH server into a container so that you can use an external terminal, sftp, or SSHFS to interact with it.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",
-            "enum": ["latest"],
+            "enum": [
+                "latest"
+            ],
             "default": "latest",
             "description": "Currently unused."
         }

src/terraform/devcontainer-feature.json

 {
     "id": "terraform",
     "name": "Terraform, tflint, and TFGrunt",
+    "description": "Installs the Terraform CLI and optionally TFLint and Terragrunt. Auto-detects latest version and installs needed dependencies.",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",