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VSCodium vs jEdit: catalog facts
VSCodium	jEdit
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration	Hundreds of plugins installable from within the editor Built-in macro language
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	Requires a Java runtime Interface looks dated next to newer editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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