Or just use VSCodium, the actually open source build, with no added closed source blobs and of course no telemetry.
It uses https://open-vsx.org, an open source host for VSX plugins.
It uses https://open-vsx.org, an open source host for VSX plugins.
They try to remove all telemetry, read more about that here.
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However, VSCodium can’t shut out all the data collection as it is the same codebase. And since extensions act independently with regard to data collection, you still need to be mindful of what extensions you install.
Vscode as an IDE is quite useless without it's extensions. And that includes official(?) extensions from Microsoft that also might have other policies regarding tracking.
I think it's great that open license terms enable these sorts of forks and experiments so that the community can work together by sending pull requests.
Is there a good way to install code-server (hosted VSCode/vscodium in a browser tab) plugins from openvsx?
(E.g. the ml-workspace and ml-hub containers include code-server and SSH, which should be remotely-usable from vscodium?)
source: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/DOCS.md