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VSCodium vs Positron: catalog facts
VSCodium	Positron
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to download and use.
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	Supports both Python and R in one IDE Data Explorer for large datasets
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	Source-available under Elastic License 2.0, not open source Focused on data science rather than general development
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License: Elastic-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it 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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