VSCodium is a clone of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. The project’s sole aim is to provide you with ready to use binaries without Microsoft’s telemetry and tracking code.
Installing on Linux Devices with APT
- Log into the Linux device
- Run the following commands in a terminal window
# download the gpg key
wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
# add the vscodium apt repository
echo 'deb https://paulcarroty.gitlab.io/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/debs/ vscodium main' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install vscodium
sudo apt install codium
VSCodium is also available as an AppImage or Windows installation package from their GitHub at https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases