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VSCodium is a fork of VSCode. This project’s sole aim is to provide you with ready to use binaries without Microsoft’s telemetry code. Hell yes, Microsoft is Microsoft! ;-)

VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s VS Code editor. Here's a summary of its key features and characteristics:

  • Free and Open Source: VSCodium provides binaries of VS Code that are licensed under the MIT license, ensuring that the software is free and open-source.

  • Removes Telemetry: Unlike the official Visual Studio Code from Microsoft, VSCodium disables telemetry and tracking. Microsoft's VS Code includes specific functionalities like telemetry, gallery, and logo which are removed in VSCodium.

  • Community-Driven: VSCodium is maintained and developed by a community, not by Microsoft.

  • Easy Installation: VSCodium offers multiple installation methods across different operating systems via package managers, making it easier to get the latest version of the editor.

  • Cross-Platform Availability: VSCodium is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  • Package Manager Support: VSCodium can be installed via package managers like Brew for macOS, WinGet, Chocolatey, and Scoop for Windows, and snap for Linux. It can also be installed using apt on Debian/Ubuntu, dnf on Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux, zypper on OpenSUSE/SUSE, and emerge on Gentoo/Funtoo Linux. It is also available as a Flatpak app.

  • Pre-installed on Parrot OS: VSCodium comes pre-installed in Parrot OS, and can be retrieved from the official Parrot repo.

  • Nix(OS) Support: VSCodium is also available in Nixpkgs.

  • Arch Linux Support: VSCodium can be installed on Arch Linux using an AUR Helper.

  • Repository: VSCodium maintains its own repository for deb/rpm packages with CDN mirror.

  • Latest Version: VSCodium is kept up to date with the latest version of VS Code from Microsoft, but without the customizations.

  • Build Scripts: VSCodium uses build scripts that clone Microsoft’s vscode repo, run build commands, and upload binaries.

  • No Microsoft Customizations: The default product.json in the cloned vscode repository does not include Microsoft-specific configurations.

VSCodium provides a way to use VS Code without the proprietary license and telemetry that come with the official Microsoft release.

VSCodium

VSCodium
Development
April 12, 2019

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