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Visual Studio Code vs VSCodium: catalog facts
Visual Studio Code	VSCodium
Free Free to download and use. GitHub Copilot and other AI features are separate paid…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Extensions for essentially every language and framework Remote development over SSH, in containers and in WSL	The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration
The shipped build is not open source and collects telemetry by default Its extension marketplace is licensed for Microsoft builds only	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: Microsoft product licence	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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