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Positron vs VSCodium: catalog facts
Positron	VSCodium
Free Free to download and use.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Supports both Python and R in one IDE Data Explorer for large datasets	The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration
Source-available under Elastic License 2.0, not open source Focused on data science rather than general development	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: Elastic-2.0	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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