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Visual Studio Code vs VSCodium

A side-by-side look at Visual Studio Code and VSCodium. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

Development

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft. It supports debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and Git control. VS Code has a large extension ecosystem allowing developers to add new languages, themes, debuggers and tools.

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VSCodium

VSCodium

Development

VSCodium is an open source alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio Code editor. It is based on the same codebase as VS Code but without any telemetry or tracking. VSCodium offers the same features as VS Code such as debugging, extensions, customization.

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