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Freemium

The IDE is free; the Posit AI assistant is a paid add-on with a free trial.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Editor, console, data viewer and environment pane in one window
  • Data frame viewer with sorting, filtering and histogram filters
  • The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding
  • Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration
  • Built around R; other languages are secondary
  • AI assistant requires a paid subscription after the trial
  • 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
Open source Open source
License not stated License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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