# headmelted/codebuilds

Community builds of Visual Studio Code for Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi

Repository: https://github.com/headmelted/codebuilds
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/codebuilds
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-01-12T14:12:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3578, "days_push": 2059, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1014, forks 52 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.953325+00:00)

## What it is
Community-built distributions of Visual Studio Code for ARM devices such as Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi. The project is now obsolete, as Microsoft ships official ARM builds and VSCodium covers remaining configurations.

## Use cases
- install vscode on a chromebook
- run visual studio code on raspberry pi
- arm build of vscode for linux
- code editor for 32-bit arm chromebook
- vscode deb package for arm devices

## When to choose
- you need a historical build for an old 32-bit ARM Chromebook
- you are researching community VS Code packaging approaches

## When to avoid
- you want a supported VS Code install - use official Microsoft ARM builds
- you want an open-source build - use VSCodium
- you are starting a new installation - the project is explicitly deprecated

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, editor
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: vscode, chromebook, raspberry-pi, arm, community-builds, obsolete, linux

## Member repositories
- headmelted/codebuilds (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.953325+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:11:33.036993+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/headmelted/codebuilds (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.953325+00:00, sha 29df7bd9dd5b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.