This article compares VS Codium and VS Code, covering their licensing, telemetry, extension ecosystems, community support, and integration capabilities, to help developers decide which editor best fits their need for openness, features, and privacy.
This article compares VS Code and its fully open‑source fork VS Codium, detailing differences in extensions, licensing, telemetry, support, and integration, and helps readers decide which editor best fits their need for openness versus feature richness.
After years of using VS Code, the author explains why they are moving to the fully open‑source VS Codium, detailing the licensing differences, proprietary extensions, telemetry concerns, installation steps across platforms, and personal experience with extensions and performance.
The article explains that while VS Code uses an open‑core model with its core released under the MIT license, Microsoft adds proprietary telemetry and a locked‑down extension marketplace, prompting the author to adopt VS Codium—a completely open‑source, telemetry‑free fork—detailing its features, personal experience, and cross‑platform installation steps.
