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PhpStorm vs VSCodium: catalog facts
PhpStorm	VSCodium
Paid Paid subscription after a free 30-day trial that needs no credit card.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
PHP frameworks such as Laravel and Symfony supported without plugins JavaScript, TypeScript and SQL tooling included	The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration
Paid after the trial Proprietary software	Extensions come from Open VSX, so a few marketplace-only extensions are missing Microsoft’s proprietary extensions, including the C# debugger and Remote Development, are not licensed for it
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Proprietary	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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