{"slug": "vscodium", "name": "VSCodium", "category": "editors", "category_name": "Editors and IDEs", "description": "Community-built, telemetry-free binary distribution of Microsoft's open-source VS Code editor.", "recommenders": 7, "commenters": 17, "warners": 2, "score": 5.999, "rising": 0.36, "first": "2025-11-03", "latest": "2026-10-30", "why": "Recommended as VS Code without Microsoft's extras, and for running the editor against containers or VMs via the open-remote-ssh extension.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 7, "neutral": 11, "compare": 1, "warn": 2}, "spark": [0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1], "listed": true, "loved": ["VS Code minus Microsoft", "Remote container dev"], "caveat": "Extension availability", "short_quote": "I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit.", "icon": false, "domain": "vscodium.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://vscodium.com/", "pricing": "open source", "aliases": ["VSCodium"], "verdict": [{"text": "Recommended as VS Code without Microsoft's extras", "cites": [{"id": 744171568, "item_id": 46510723, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510723", "by": "derkades", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit.", "excerpt": "This has been my editor for a long while. I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit. It should be noted that VSCodium uses a different marketplace for extensions. This third party marketplace does not have (obviously) proprietary Microsoft extensions. Some extensions can still be installed by downloading the .vsix from the official marketplace, but other extensions actively block being installe", "context": "", "use_case": "main editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VSCodium \u2013 open-source Binaries of VSCode"}, {"id": 740606624, "item_id": 46287914, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46287914", "by": "nerdjon", "date": "2025-12-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins.", "excerpt": "I wonder if this will also impact VSCodium. I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins. They have not released 1.107 yet, doing a quick scan I am not seeing anything on the VSCodium github.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing without Microsoft telemetry", "switched_from": "", "story": "VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot"}, {"id": 767858560, "item_id": 47991160, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991160", "by": "ekjhgkejhgk", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use just Codium.", "excerpt": "Speaking of which, why does anybody use VS Code? https://vscodium.com/ I do at work because nobody listens to me, but at home never ever have I used VS Code. Use just Codium.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor at home", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage"}, {"id": 767934976, "item_id": 47995936, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995936", "by": "theandrewbailey", "date": "2026-05-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For the times I need to use VSCode, I use VSCodium instead.", "excerpt": "For the times I need to use VSCode, I use VSCodium instead. I'm not sure how this recent Copilot issue affects them though. https://vscodium.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to VSCode?"}]}, {"text": ", and for running the editor against containers or VMs via the open-remote-ssh extension.", "cites": [{"id": 804851248, "item_id": 50303203, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303203", "by": "DanielHB", "date": "2026-10-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend moving to VSCodium and using this extension", "excerpt": "I recommend moving to VSCodium and using this extension: https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh and run vscode-server inside a VM or container", "context": "", "use_case": "safer Claude Code extension setup", "switched_from": "", "story": "Backdoors in official Claude Code extensions"}, {"id": 797239808, "item_id": 49827488, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49827488", "by": "DanielHB", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using VSCodium (chromium-like version of VSCode) with this extension", "excerpt": "I have been using VSCodium (chromium-like version of VSCode) with this extension: https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh I run the editor (and its extensions), my projects and any agent harnesses from inside a container and use that extension to get an editor. This is mostly to protect my credentials and data from malicious extensions/dependencies/rogue-agents, bu it also lets me quickly port my dev environment ", "context": "Linux at home, macOS at work", "use_case": "containerized remote dev editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)"}]}, {"text": " The most common complaint is missing or blocked extensions on its Open VSX marketplace", "cites": [{"id": 797251280, "item_id": 49828205, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828205", "by": "qweqwe14", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I used VSCodium before and found it to be a massive waste of time for no benefit.", "excerpt": "I used VSCodium before and found it to be a massive waste of time for no benefit. A significant number of extensions either aren't in OpenVSIX (or whatever it's called), or don't work for some reason. Just disable telemetry in VSCode and you're good. Happy Ungoogled Chromium user though", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)"}, {"id": 744171568, "item_id": 46510723, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510723", "by": "derkades", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit.", "excerpt": "This has been my editor for a long while. I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit. It should be noted that VSCodium uses a different marketplace for extensions. This third party marketplace does not have (obviously) proprietary Microsoft extensions. Some extensions can still be installed by downloading the .vsix from the official marketplace, but other extensions actively block being installe", "context": "", "use_case": "main editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VSCodium \u2013 open-source Binaries of VSCode"}, {"id": 791946785, "item_id": 49496674, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49496674", "by": "ab_wahab01", "date": "2026-08-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "VSCodium defaults to the Open VSX Registry instead of Microsoft's official marketplace.", "excerpt": "VSCodium defaults to the Open VSX Registry instead of Microsoft's official marketplace. While Open VSX is great, sometimes an extension you need for work or study (or if you want to use official extensions risk-free) is only available on the official VS Code marketplace. I created a small extension for switching between the two marketplaces. check - https://open-vsx.org/extension/AbdulOhab/source-swap Source Code: ht", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Switch VSCodium Between Open VSX and MS Marketplace"}, {"id": 781517104, "item_id": 48844819, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48844819", "by": "wartywhoa23", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "vscodium users are left in the cold, because the official extension isn't and most likely won't be on open-vsx repository", "excerpt": "Well, vscodium users are left in the cold, because the official extension isn't and most likely won't be on open-vsx repository, and the unofficial fork\u00b9 is still WIP. \u00b9https://github.com/Nsttt/typescript-go", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "TypeScript 7"}]}, {"text": ", and some note it still depends on Microsoft's upstream VS Code development.", "cites": [{"id": 800673360, "item_id": 50042085, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042085", "by": "Matl", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "compare", "quote": "VSCodium wouldn't be a thing without Microsoft continuing development of VS Code so you're dependent on American software nonetheless", "excerpt": "> There are also alternatives such as VSCodium, Neovim, or Emacs. In some cases, the alternative to an American company should not be a European company, but rather free software. I agree in theory but VSCodium wouldn't be a thing without Microsoft continuing development of VS Code so you're dependent on American software nonetheless. If the goal is true sovereignty then VSCodium isn't it unless it becomes a truly in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "European Alternatives"}, {"id": 742451136, "item_id": 46403196, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403196", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2025-12-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love vscodium", "excerpt": "I love vscodium but more and more I worry about how Microsoft is effecting it down stream. To the point where I'm actively looking into making my own editor. I'm putting it off for now but I'll probably start playing around with Theia and Codemirror on the side just in case.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode rebrands as \"The open source AI code editor\""}, {"id": 767936496, "item_id": 47996031, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996031", "by": "baobabKoodaa", "date": "2026-05-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Seems like VSCodium just VSCode.", "excerpt": "Seems like VSCodium just VSCode. They describe it like this: > The VSCodium project exists so that you don\u2019t have to download+build from source. This project includes special build scripts that clone Microsoft\u2019s vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries for you to GitHub releases.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to VSCode?"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "VS Code minus Microsoft", "summary": "Commenters use it to keep the VS Code editor and plugins while avoiding what they see as Microsoft's unwanted additions.", "quotes": [{"id": 744171568, "item_id": 46510723, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510723", "by": "derkades", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit.", "excerpt": "This has been my editor for a long while. I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit. It should be noted that VSCodium uses a different marketplace for extensions. This third party marketplace does not have (obviously) proprietary Microsoft extensions. Some extensions can still be installed by downloading the .vsix from the official marketplace, but other extensions actively block being installe", "context": "", "use_case": "main editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VSCodium \u2013 open-source Binaries of VSCode"}, {"id": 740606624, "item_id": 46287914, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46287914", "by": "nerdjon", "date": "2025-12-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins.", "excerpt": "I wonder if this will also impact VSCodium. I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins. They have not released 1.107 yet, doing a quick scan I am not seeing anything on the VSCodium github.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing without Microsoft telemetry", "switched_from": "", "story": "VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot"}, {"id": 767858560, "item_id": 47991160, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991160", "by": "ekjhgkejhgk", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use just Codium.", "excerpt": "Speaking of which, why does anybody use VS Code? https://vscodium.com/ I do at work because nobody listens to me, but at home never ever have I used VS Code. Use just Codium.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor at home", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage"}]}, {"label": "Remote container dev", "summary": "Paired with open-remote-ssh, it lets users run the editor against code and extensions inside containers or VMs, isolating credentials and keeping environments portable.", "quotes": [{"id": 804851248, "item_id": 50303203, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303203", "by": "DanielHB", "date": "2026-10-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend moving to VSCodium and using this extension", "excerpt": "I recommend moving to VSCodium and using this extension: https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh and run vscode-server inside a VM or container", "context": "", "use_case": "safer Claude Code extension setup", "switched_from": "", "story": "Backdoors in official Claude Code extensions"}, {"id": 797239808, "item_id": 49827488, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49827488", "by": "DanielHB", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using VSCodium (chromium-like version of VSCode) with this extension", "excerpt": "I have been using VSCodium (chromium-like version of VSCode) with this extension: https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh I run the editor (and its extensions), my projects and any agent harnesses from inside a container and use that extension to get an editor. This is mostly to protect my credentials and data from malicious extensions/dependencies/rogue-agents, bu it also lets me quickly port my dev environment ", "context": "Linux at home, macOS at work", "use_case": "containerized remote dev editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)"}]}, {"label": "Open alternative", "summary": "Named as a free-software alternative to Visual Studio Code alongside Neovim and Emacs.", "quotes": [{"id": 800671392, "item_id": 50041962, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041962", "by": "RandomGerm4n", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There are also alternatives such as VSCodium, Neovim, or Emacs.", "excerpt": "I wish lists like this were curated more carefully. Just because a company is European doesn't automatically make it better. For example, Gigaset is listed as one of the alternatives to the iPhone. They distributed malware to end users via their official update servers and then failed to inform them about it. Something like this should be an absolute no go for a smartphone manufacturer unless it's properly addressed.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "European Alternatives"}, {"id": 767934976, "item_id": 47995936, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995936", "by": "theandrewbailey", "date": "2026-05-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For the times I need to use VSCode, I use VSCodium instead.", "excerpt": "For the times I need to use VSCode, I use VSCodium instead. I'm not sure how this recent Copilot issue affects them though. https://vscodium.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to VSCode?"}]}, {"label": "Quick editing", "summary": "Some keep it around for occasional or simple editing alongside other tools.", "quotes": [{"id": 761988439, "item_id": 47624277, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624277", "by": "gethly", "date": "2026-04-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Occasionally I use Notepad++, VS Codium or Zed when I need to.", "excerpt": "Stuck with GoLand. I hate the company, use maybe 5% of the features, but there is nothing better out there. FileZilla for FTP. HeidiSQL and MariaDB for SQL. 1Remote for multi-session SSH. KeePass for passwords, keys, configuration files or any sensitive data. Occasionally I use Notepad++, VS Codium or Zed when I need to.", "context": "", "use_case": "occasional editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your dev set up like?"}, {"id": 743074826, "item_id": 46442176, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442176", "by": "gethly", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "notepad++/vs codium/zed for simple editing", "excerpt": "bitbucket for git hosting trello for ideas and tasks jetbrains ide(i hate the company and their pricing model but I like the tool) filezilla for sftp 1remote for multi-window ssh keepass for secrets Go for programming Quasar for web front-end git bash for windows shell heidisql for db ui notepad++/vs codium/zed for simple editing", "context": "", "use_case": "simple editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you use to manage your coding projects?"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Extension availability", "summary": "Open VSX lacks proprietary Microsoft extensions and some others, and certain extensions block installation outside official VS Code.", "quotes": [{"id": 797251280, "item_id": 49828205, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828205", "by": "qweqwe14", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I used VSCodium before and found it to be a massive waste of time for no benefit.", "excerpt": "I used VSCodium before and found it to be a massive waste of time for no benefit. A significant number of extensions either aren't in OpenVSIX (or whatever it's called), or don't work for some reason. Just disable telemetry in VSCode and you're good. Happy Ungoogled Chromium user though", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)"}, {"id": 744171568, "item_id": 46510723, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510723", "by": "derkades", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit.", "excerpt": "This has been my editor for a long while. I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit. It should be noted that VSCodium uses a different marketplace for extensions. This third party marketplace does not have (obviously) proprietary Microsoft extensions. Some extensions can still be installed by downloading the .vsix from the official marketplace, but other extensions actively block being installe", "context": "", "use_case": "main editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VSCodium \u2013 open-source Binaries of VSCode"}, {"id": 781517104, "item_id": 48844819, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48844819", "by": "wartywhoa23", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "vscodium users are left in the cold, because the official extension isn't and most likely won't be on open-vsx repository", "excerpt": "Well, vscodium users are left in the cold, because the official extension isn't and most likely won't be on open-vsx repository, and the unofficial fork\u00b9 is still WIP. \u00b9https://github.com/Nsttt/typescript-go", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "TypeScript 7"}]}, {"label": "Upstream dependence", "summary": "It rebuilds Microsoft's code, so users worry about Microsoft's decisions affecting it downstream.", "quotes": [{"id": 800673360, "item_id": 50042085, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042085", "by": "Matl", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "compare", "quote": "VSCodium wouldn't be a thing without Microsoft continuing development of VS Code so you're dependent on American software nonetheless", "excerpt": "> There are also alternatives such as VSCodium, Neovim, or Emacs. In some cases, the alternative to an American company should not be a European company, but rather free software. I agree in theory but VSCodium wouldn't be a thing without Microsoft continuing development of VS Code so you're dependent on American software nonetheless. If the goal is true sovereignty then VSCodium isn't it unless it becomes a truly in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "European Alternatives"}, {"id": 742451136, "item_id": 46403196, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403196", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2025-12-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love vscodium", "excerpt": "I love vscodium but more and more I worry about how Microsoft is effecting it down stream. To the point where I'm actively looking into making my own editor. I'm putting it off for now but I'll probably start playing around with Theia and Codemirror on the side just in case.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode rebrands as \"The open source AI code editor\""}, {"id": 767936496, "item_id": 47996031, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996031", "by": "baobabKoodaa", "date": "2026-05-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Seems like VSCodium just VSCode.", "excerpt": "Seems like VSCodium just VSCode. They describe it like this: > The VSCodium project exists so that you don\u2019t have to download+build from source. This project includes special build scripts that clone Microsoft\u2019s vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries for you to GitHub releases.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to VSCode?"}]}, {"label": "Customization and jank", "summary": "An Emacs user found it hard to make it behave like Emacs and disliked general jank and its web-browser basis.", "quotes": [{"id": 735107009, "item_id": 45944188, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944188", "by": "imiric", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "warn", "quote": "general jank and unresponsiveness, and the idea of my editor being a web browser", "excerpt": "This is great to see, and I'm sure it will nudge some people to give Emacs a try who wouldn't have otherwise. I've been using Emacs with a custom configuration for many years now, but when I needed a good IDE for working with modern frontend stacks about a year ago, I decided to give VSCodium a try, since the TS/LSP integration wasn't that great in Emacs. And funnily enough, I did the reverse of what this project doe", "context": "long-time Emacs user", "use_case": "frontend IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs"}]}], "who": [{"by": "DanielHB", "context": "Linux at home, macOS at work", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49827488", "date": "2026-09-24"}], "tags": ["for VS Code switchers", "for container-based dev", "for Linux users", "for simple editing", "for Python with basedpyright"], "use_cases": ["code editor", "code editing", "safer claude code extension setup", "containerized remote development", "containerized remote dev editor", "website project editing"], "compared": [{"slug": "visual-studio-code", "name": "Visual Studio Code", "co": 11, "switched_from": 3, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "zed", "name": "Zed", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "neovim", "name": "Neovim", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "emacs", "name": "Emacs", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "notepadplusplus", "name": "Notepad++", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039063", "title": "European Alternatives", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822555", "title": "VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995837", "title": "Ask HN: Alternatives to VSCode?", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302334", "title": "Backdoors in official Claude Code extensions", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50094994", "title": "OpenCode 2.0", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49496673", "title": "Switch VSCodium Between Open VSX and MS Marketplace", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1, "warn": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 2}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 2}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1, "warn": 1}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1, "compare": 1, "neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 804851248, "item_id": 50303203, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303203", "by": "DanielHB", "date": "2026-10-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend moving to VSCodium and using this extension", "excerpt": "I recommend moving to VSCodium and using this extension: https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh and run vscode-server inside a VM or container", "context": "", "use_case": "safer Claude Code extension setup", "switched_from": "", "story": "Backdoors in official Claude Code extensions"}, {"id": 801623040, "item_id": 50101440, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101440", "by": "DanielHB", "date": "2026-10-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I have been using VSCodium with https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh so  (most of) the IDE also runs inside the container.", "excerpt": "I am quite keen on this as well, I have been trying to move all my active development to happen inside a container, including the harnesses. This, of course, makes it very hard to run GUI harnesses. I prefer CLI, but it would be neat to be able to better isolate gui-based harnesses as well. I have been using VSCodium with https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh so (most of) the IDE also runs inside the container.", "context": "", "use_case": "containerized remote development", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenCode 2.0"}, {"id": 800673360, "item_id": 50042085, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042085", "by": "Matl", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "compare", "quote": "VSCodium wouldn't be a thing without Microsoft continuing development of VS Code so you're dependent on American software nonetheless", "excerpt": "> There are also alternatives such as VSCodium, Neovim, or Emacs. In some cases, the alternative to an American company should not be a European company, but rather free software. I agree in theory but VSCodium wouldn't be a thing without Microsoft continuing development of VS Code so you're dependent on American software nonetheless. If the goal is true sovereignty then VSCodium isn't it unless it becomes a truly in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "European Alternatives"}, {"id": 800671392, "item_id": 50041962, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041962", "by": "RandomGerm4n", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There are also alternatives such as VSCodium, Neovim, or Emacs.", "excerpt": "I wish lists like this were curated more carefully. Just because a company is European doesn't automatically make it better. For example, Gigaset is listed as one of the alternatives to the iPhone. They distributed malware to end users via their official update servers and then failed to inform them about it. Something like this should be an absolute no go for a smartphone manufacturer unless it's properly addressed.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "European Alternatives"}, {"id": 797251280, "item_id": 49828205, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828205", "by": "qweqwe14", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I used VSCodium before and found it to be a massive waste of time for no benefit.", "excerpt": "I used VSCodium before and found it to be a massive waste of time for no benefit. A significant number of extensions either aren't in OpenVSIX (or whatever it's called), or don't work for some reason. Just disable telemetry in VSCode and you're good. Happy Ungoogled Chromium user though", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)"}, {"id": 797239808, "item_id": 49827488, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49827488", "by": "DanielHB", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using VSCodium (chromium-like version of VSCode) with this extension", "excerpt": "I have been using VSCodium (chromium-like version of VSCode) with this extension: https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh I run the editor (and its extensions), my projects and any agent harnesses from inside a container and use that extension to get an editor. This is mostly to protect my credentials and data from malicious extensions/dependencies/rogue-agents, bu it also lets me quickly port my dev environment ", "context": "Linux at home, macOS at work", "use_case": "containerized remote dev editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)"}, {"id": 791946785, "item_id": 49496674, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49496674", "by": "ab_wahab01", "date": "2026-08-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "VSCodium defaults to the Open VSX Registry instead of Microsoft's official marketplace.", "excerpt": "VSCodium defaults to the Open VSX Registry instead of Microsoft's official marketplace. While Open VSX is great, sometimes an extension you need for work or study (or if you want to use official extensions risk-free) is only available on the official VS Code marketplace. I created a small extension for switching between the two marketplaces. check - https://open-vsx.org/extension/AbdulOhab/source-swap Source Code: ht", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Switch VSCodium Between Open VSX and MS Marketplace"}, {"id": 781517104, "item_id": 48844819, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48844819", "by": "wartywhoa23", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "vscodium users are left in the cold, because the official extension isn't and most likely won't be on open-vsx repository", "excerpt": "Well, vscodium users are left in the cold, because the official extension isn't and most likely won't be on open-vsx repository, and the unofficial fork\u00b9 is still WIP. \u00b9https://github.com/Nsttt/typescript-go", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "TypeScript 7"}, {"id": 779789457, "item_id": 48736841, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48736841", "by": "dv35z", "date": "2026-06-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "auto-opening the website project folder using VSCodium upon user login", "excerpt": "I have a cron job which restarts my computer every day (Linux Mint Debian edition). I like waking up to a \"fresh\" computer, and since I know that it will restart every day - this is a \"forcing function\" to (1) be diligent about saving things that are important, (2) treating browser tabs, random notes, etc as ephemeral, and bookmarking the important stuff. I used to work at an office where we pair-programmed with clie", "context": "", "use_case": "website project editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week?"}, {"id": 775451937, "item_id": 48465746, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48465746", "by": "GabeIsko", "date": "2026-06-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use VSCode/Codium", "excerpt": "What is a real text editor, by your estimation? NVim? Emacs? Genuinely curious. I use VSCode/Codium since I maintain a GUI stack for general usage. But I have all the terminal tools installed for my work there as well. I hate customizing things too, which I find is necessary if you want to get the most out of terminal text editors. VSCode is pretty good out of the box, with terminal access and everything built in. Je", "context": "", "use_case": "coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers"}, {"id": 768539555, "item_id": 48033722, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48033722", "by": "openmarkand", "date": "2026-05-06", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "When I use VSCodium (not that much today) I obviously use Vim emulation.", "excerpt": "I'm vim poweruser since around 2009. When I use VSCodium (not that much today) I obviously use Vim emulation. When I use a different editor, there will be lots of jjkk or ,w (I nmap ,w to :w). Habits die hard. Now I switched to neovim due to the amount of good features I like with it. I use exclusively mini.nvim modules that are awesome.", "context": "", "use_case": "occasional editing with Vim emulation", "switched_from": "", "story": "The vi family"}, {"id": 767936496, "item_id": 47996031, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996031", "by": "baobabKoodaa", "date": "2026-05-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Seems like VSCodium just VSCode.", "excerpt": "Seems like VSCodium just VSCode. They describe it like this: > The VSCodium project exists so that you don\u2019t have to download+build from source. This project includes special build scripts that clone Microsoft\u2019s vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries for you to GitHub releases.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to VSCode?"}, {"id": 767934976, "item_id": 47995936, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995936", "by": "theandrewbailey", "date": "2026-05-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For the times I need to use VSCode, I use VSCodium instead.", "excerpt": "For the times I need to use VSCode, I use VSCodium instead. I'm not sure how this recent Copilot issue affects them though. https://vscodium.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to VSCode?"}, {"id": 767858560, "item_id": 47991160, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991160", "by": "ekjhgkejhgk", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use just Codium.", "excerpt": "Speaking of which, why does anybody use VS Code? https://vscodium.com/ I do at work because nobody listens to me, but at home never ever have I used VS Code. Use just Codium.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editor at home", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage"}, {"id": 761988439, "item_id": 47624277, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624277", "by": "gethly", "date": "2026-04-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Occasionally I use Notepad++, VS Codium or Zed when I need to.", "excerpt": "Stuck with GoLand. I hate the company, use maybe 5% of the features, but there is nothing better out there. FileZilla for FTP. HeidiSQL and MariaDB for SQL. 1Remote for multi-session SSH. KeePass for passwords, keys, configuration files or any sensitive data. Occasionally I use Notepad++, VS Codium or Zed when I need to.", "context": "", "use_case": "occasional editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your dev set up like?"}, {"id": 744171568, "item_id": 46510723, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510723", "by": "derkades", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit.", "excerpt": "This has been my editor for a long while. I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit. It should be noted that VSCodium uses a different marketplace for extensions. This third party marketplace does not have (obviously) proprietary Microsoft extensions. Some extensions can still be installed by downloading the .vsix from the official marketplace, but other extensions actively block being installe", "context": "", "use_case": "main editor", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "VSCodium \u2013 open-source Binaries of VSCode"}, {"id": 743996800, "item_id": 46499800, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499800", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2026-01-05", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I've been using vscodium with basedpyright", "excerpt": "I've been using vscodium with basedpyright as I've thought it was supposed to be a open source version of pylance. I've got to say it's annoying about type errors and after changing it's setting to be less strict it still annoys me and I've even started littering my code with the their # ignore _____ . I'm really glad the article mentioned ty as I'm going to try that today. On zed I tried it but the font rendering hu", "context": "", "use_case": "Python editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched from VSCode to Zed"}, {"id": 743074826, "item_id": 46442176, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442176", "by": "gethly", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "notepad++/vs codium/zed for simple editing", "excerpt": "bitbucket for git hosting trello for ideas and tasks jetbrains ide(i hate the company and their pricing model but I like the tool) filezilla for sftp 1remote for multi-window ssh keepass for secrets Go for programming Quasar for web front-end git bash for windows shell heidisql for db ui notepad++/vs codium/zed for simple editing", "context": "", "use_case": "simple editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you use to manage your coding projects?"}, {"id": 742451136, "item_id": 46403196, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403196", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2025-12-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love vscodium", "excerpt": "I love vscodium but more and more I worry about how Microsoft is effecting it down stream. To the point where I'm actively looking into making my own editor. I'm putting it off for now but I'll probably start playing around with Theia and Codemirror on the side just in case.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "VSCode rebrands as \"The open source AI code editor\""}, {"id": 740606624, "item_id": 46287914, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46287914", "by": "nerdjon", "date": "2025-12-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins.", "excerpt": "I wonder if this will also impact VSCodium. I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins. They have not released 1.107 yet, doing a quick scan I am not seeing anything on the VSCodium github.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing without Microsoft telemetry", "switched_from": "", "story": "VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot"}, {"id": 735282977, "item_id": 45955186, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45955186", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2025-11-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm always in the looking for an alternative to vscodium.", "excerpt": "I'm always in the looking for an alternative to vscodium. This one is surprisingly feature complete for something meant to embed in 3D renderers. I'd like to see what people do with it.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ned: ImGui Text Editor with GL Shaders"}, {"id": 735107009, "item_id": 45944188, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944188", "by": "imiric", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "warn", "quote": "general jank and unresponsiveness, and the idea of my editor being a web browser", "excerpt": "This is great to see, and I'm sure it will nudge some people to give Emacs a try who wouldn't have otherwise. I've been using Emacs with a custom configuration for many years now, but when I needed a good IDE for working with modern frontend stacks about a year ago, I decided to give VSCodium a try, since the TS/LSP integration wasn't that great in Emacs. And funnily enough, I did the reverse of what this project doe", "context": "long-time Emacs user", "use_case": "frontend IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs"}, {"id": 732776049, "item_id": 45798503, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45798503", "by": "bobajeff", "date": "2025-11-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "editing markdown in vscodium", "excerpt": "I use this all the time when editing markdown in vscodium. It's fast enough for the side preview and supports all the LaTeX commands I need so far. When I need a PDF Pandoc handles the conversion well enough for me. I've tried using Quarto's preview but it's so slow in comparison.", "context": "", "use_case": "editing markdown", "switched_from": "", "story": "KaTeX \u2013 The fastest math typesetting library for the web"}]}