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# VSCodium
### Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code



VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code.

## Why Does This Exist

Microsoft’s `vscode` source code is open source (MIT-licensed), but the product available for download (Visual Studio Code) is licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contains telemetry/tracking. According to this comment from a Visual Studio Code maintainer:

> When we \[Microsoft\] build Visual Studio Code, we do exactly this. We clone the vscode repository, we lay down a customized product.json that has Microsoft specific functionality (telemetry, gallery, logo, etc.), and then produce a build that we release under our license.
>
> When you clone and build from the vscode repo, none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json. Therefore, you generate a “clean” build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license

The VSCodium project exists so that you don’t have to download+build from source. This project includes special build scripts that clone Microsoft’s vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries for you to GitHub releases. **These binaries are licensed under the MIT license. Telemetry is disabled.**

If you want to build from source yourself, head over to Microsoft’s vscode repo and follow their instructions. VSCodium exists to make it easier to get the latest version of MIT-licensed VS Code.

**Download latest release**
Available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux

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## Use a Package Manager (providing VSCodium in their repository)

The following package managers use their own repository, in case of any installation issues report to their related repository.

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### Install with Brew (Mac)

If you are on a Mac and have Homebrew installed:

brew install --cask vscodium


*Note for Mac OS X Mojave users: if you see “App can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software” when opening VSCodium the first time, you can right-click the application and choose Open. This should only be required the first time opening on Mojave.*

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### Install with Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

If you use Windows and have Windows Package Manager installed:

winget install vscodium


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### Install with Chocolatey (Windows)

If you use Windows and have Chocolatey installed (thanks to @Thilas):

choco install vscodium


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### Install with Scoop (Windows)

If you use Windows and have Scoop installed:

scoop bucket add extras


scoop install vscodium


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### Install with snap (Linux)

VSCodium is available in the Snap Store as Codium, currently maintained by the VSCodium project. If your GNU/Linux distribution has support for snaps:

snap install codium --classic


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### Install on Parrot OS:

VSCodium is pre-installed in Parrot OS.

In case you don’t find it by default, you can retrieve it from the official Parrot repo

sudo apt update && sudo apt install codium


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### Install on Nix(OS)

VSCodium is available in Nixpkgs. You can install it by adding `vscodium` to `environment.systemPackages` in `configuration.nix`, or locally:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.vscodium


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### Install on Arch Linux

VSCodium is available on the AUR (Arch User Repository), and can be installed with an AUR Helper.

Examples:

- **Aura**:

sudo aura -A vscodium-bin
- **Yay**:

yay -S vscodium-bin

## Use a Package Manager (deb/rpm, provided by VSCodium related repository)

@paulcarroty has set up a repository for VSCodium. The instructions below are adapted from there with CDN mirror. Any issues installing VSCodium using your package manager should be directed to that repository’s issue tracker.

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### Install on Debian / Ubuntu (deb package):

Add the GPG key of the repository:

wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg \
| gpg --dearmor \
| sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg


Add the repository:

- **Debian 13 / Ubuntu 24.04 or newer**

echo -e 'Types: deb\nURIs: https://download.vscodium.com/debs\nSuites: vscodium\nComponents: main\nArchitectures: amd64 arm64\nSigned-by: /usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg' \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.sources
- **Debian 12 / Ubuntu 23.10 or older**:

echo 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.vscodium.com/debs vscodium main' \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list

Update then install vscodium (if you want vscodium-insiders, then replace `codium` by `codium-insiders`):

sudo apt update && sudo apt install codium


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### Install on Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / RockyLinux / OpenSUSE (rpm package):

Add the GPG key of the repository:

sudo rpmkeys --import https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/-/raw/master/pub.gpg


Add the repository:

- **Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux**:

printf "[gitlab.com_paulcarroty_vscodium_repo]\nname=download.vscodium.com\nbaseurl=https://download.vscodium.com/rpms/\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/-/raw/master/pub.gpg\nmetadata_expire=1h\n" | sudo tee -a /etc/yum.repos.d/vscodium.repo
- **OpenSUSE/SUSE**:

printf "[gitlab.com_paulcarroty_vscodium_repo]\nname=gitlab.com_paulcarroty_vscodium_repo\nbaseurl=https://download.vscodium.com/rpms/\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/-/raw/master/pub.gpg\nmetadata_expire=1h\n" | sudo tee -a /etc/zypp/repos.d/vscodium.repo

Install the software: (if you want vscodium-insiders, then replace `codium` by `codium-insiders`)

- **Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux**:

sudo dnf install codium
- **OpenSUSE/SUSE**:

sudo zypper in codium


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### Install on Gentoo / Funtoo Linux (ebuild):

- **Funtoo**:

sudo emerge -av vscodium-bin


- **Gentoo**:

sudo emerge -av vscodium


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## Flatpak Option (Linux)

VSCodium is available as a Flatpak app and here’s the build repo. If your distribution has support for flatpak, and you have enabled the flathub repo, you can install VSCodium via the command line:

flatpak install flathub com.vscodium.codium


…or by opening the flatpakref file from Flathub. VSCodium can also be found in GNOME Software if you have `gnome-software-plugin-flatpak` installed (as recommended in the Flathub setup instructions).

# More Info

The most up-to-date information on migrating from Visual Studio Code and other quirks you might encounter are documented.

# Special Thanks

@daiyam

for macOS certificate

@jaredreich

for the logo

for providing a Mac mini M1

@PalinuroSec

for CDN and domain name

free code signing on Windows provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation

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