vscodium

binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing (by VSCodium)

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  • OpenVSX, which VSCode forks rely on for extensions, down for 24 hours
    16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Apr 2025
    Thanks, haven't tried it yet, but just found the relevant configuration settings described in the docs [0] and more detail on Stack Overflow [1].

    [0] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/prepare_vsc...

    [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44057402/using-extension...

  • I just got an ad in VS Code
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Apr 2025
    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

  • Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Apr 2025
  • Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears to no longer support unofficial VS Code forks
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Apr 2025
  • Xcode Constantly Phones Home
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Mar 2025
    Notably absent are all of the remote debugging extensions and Copilot. This would be a deal-breaker for many.

    [0] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/docs/index....

  • A Comment on Mozilla's Policy Changes
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Feb 2025
    Thanks, good spot.

    So Mozilla, an organisation that commends itself for working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it, [0] is creating a situation where the FOSS community needs to maintain its own 'cleansed' builds, akin to VS Code/VS Codium [1] and, to a lesser extent, Chrome/Chromium. [2] (The Chromium case is somewhat different; Google maintains both the FOSS Chromium builds and the non-Free Chrome builds).

    4 years ago I commented that It's just non-stop with Mozilla, isn't it? They have the curious pairing of technical excellence, and a long history of awful non-technical decision-making. Little seems to have changed. [3]

    [0] https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/about/

    [1] https://vscodium.com/

    [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)

    [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26873740

  • I still like Sublime Text in 2025
    22 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jan 2025
    I've been running vscodium for a couple of years now, and they rip out the MS specific stuff so no ChatGPT and so forth. I haven't noticed any slowdowns.

    Maybe give it a try? https://vscodium.com/

  • Ask HN: Open-Source editor with local code completion?
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jan 2025
    Continue [0] is open source and supports local models. I still haven't found time to try it out yet. If you host it in VSCodium [1], you would have pretty much what you asked for.

    [0] https://www.continue.dev/

    [1] https://vscodium.com/

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