VSCodium/vscodium

Health v2 · maintenance only

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32990 stars · 1853 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

VSCodium provides freely-licensed (MIT) binary releases of Microsoft's VS Code, built via automated scripts without Microsoft branding, telemetry, or proprietary licensing. It is not a fork but a clean-build distribution of the upstream vscode repository.

Use cases

• use vs code without telemetry or tracking
• download mit-licensed vs code binaries without building from source
• get a fully open source code editor
• avoid microsoft branding and licensing in my editor
• install vs code via homebrew winget or chocolatey
• set up a privacy-respecting development environment

When to choose

• you want VS Code's features but with FLOSS licensing and no telemetry
• you prefer installing your editor from community package managers
• you need a clean VS Code build without Microsoft marketplace endpoints

When to avoid

• you rely on the official Microsoft extension marketplace or proprietary extensions
• you want official Microsoft support and branded releases
• you need features gated behind Microsoft's product.json customizations

Facets

application · maturity active

editor developer-tools developer-tools text-editors privacy cross-platform windows cross-platform vscode telemetry-free floss ide binary-distribution open-source-licensing linux macos desktop

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