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Rider vs VSCodium: catalog facts
Rider	VSCodium
Freemium Free for non-commercial use. Commercial use requires a paid subscription.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Full .NET development on macOS and Linux, not just Windows Unity, Unreal and Godot integration for game work	The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration
Free only for non-commercial use Large install and high memory use	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 not stated	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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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