VSCodium – open-source Binaries of VSCode
4 months ago
- #development
- #vscode
- #open-source
- Microsoft's VS Code source code is open-source (MIT-licensed), but the downloadable product (Visual Studio Code) has a non-FLOSS license and includes telemetry.
- VSCodium provides pre-built, MIT-licensed binaries of VS Code without Microsoft's telemetry.
- VSCodium can be installed via various package managers:
- - **Mac (Homebrew)**: `brew install --cask vscodium`
- - **Windows (WinGet)**: `winget install vscodium`
- - **Windows (Chocolatey)**: `choco install vscodium`
- - **Windows (Scoop)**: `scoop install vscodium`
- - **Linux (Snap)**: `snap install codium --classic`
- - **Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)**: Add repository and `sudo apt install codium`
- - **Linux (Fedora/RHEL)**: Add repository and `sudo dnf install codium`
- - **Linux (Flatpak)**: `flatpak install flathub com.vscodium.codium`
- VSCodium is pre-installed on Parrot OS and available via AUR for Arch Linux.
- Special thanks to contributors for macOS certificates, logos, and infrastructure support.