Just a reminder that while Microsoft advertises VS Code as a "open-source" editor, most of the ecosystem, and even some of the tooling, is proprietary.

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  • vscodium

    binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

  • The best way to prove this theory is to use any of the available clients that are based on VS Code MIT, like Gitpod's, Code-server, VSCodium, etc. They are inferior products, mostly because what makes VS Code really great is not available to them.

  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

  • Look at the 'vscode' git repo. It clearly says, that the part you are referring to as 'open source' is labeled 'Code - OSS'. Visual Studio Code is a distribution of the Code - OSS repository with Microsoft-specific customizations released under a traditional Microsoft product license.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • pulsar

    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor (by pulsar-edit)

  • For anyone who cares: Atom has been picked up by its community as Pulsar: "A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor"

  • openvsx

    An open-source registry for VS Code extensions

  • This exists and it's how vscodium gets its extensions https://open-vsx.org/

  • Code-Server

    VS Code in the browser

  • The best way to prove this theory is to use any of the available clients that are based on VS Code MIT, like Gitpod's, Code-server, VSCodium, etc. They are inferior products, mostly because what makes VS Code really great is not available to them.

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    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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