I just got an ad in VS Code

1. vscodium

   1 580 31,723 9.4 Shell

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

   

   A 1st party ad is still an ad, though in isolation I do I agree that it's quite mild all considered. With context however (this being Microsoft's doing, and all the AI/Adware/telemetry/darkpatterns they're cramming into everything), I share OP's derision for this development in a tool that has become a centerpiece for many developers workflows, dev environments, and ancillary (plugins) ecosystems.

   Thankfully, for now at least, VSCode is MIT Licensed [0], source available [1], and if built from source it does not include CoPilot, Telemetry or MS' other crapware or branding. VS Codium [2] compiles this source for you without the cruft and makes those binaries/installers available [3] if like.

   For those that like CoPilot, VSCodium even has a guide on how to add it to VSCodium/Source Built VSCode [4]

   0: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

   1: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

   2: https://vscodium.com/#why

   3: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases

   4: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/discussions/1487

2. SaaSHub

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3. Visual Studio Code

   2 3,319 185,796 10.0 TypeScript

   Visual Studio Code

   

   A 1st party ad is still an ad, though in isolation I do I agree that it's quite mild all considered. With context however (this being Microsoft's doing, and all the AI/Adware/telemetry/darkpatterns they're cramming into everything), I share OP's derision for this development in a tool that has become a centerpiece for many developers workflows, dev environments, and ancillary (plugins) ecosystems.

   Thankfully, for now at least, VSCode is MIT Licensed [0], source available [1], and if built from source it does not include CoPilot, Telemetry or MS' other crapware or branding. VS Codium [2] compiles this source for you without the cruft and makes those binaries/installers available [3] if like.

   For those that like CoPilot, VSCodium even has a guide on how to add it to VSCodium/Source Built VSCode [4]

   0: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

   1: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

   2: https://vscodium.com/#why

   3: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases

   4: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/discussions/1487

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