cask

Install visual-studio-code@insiders with Homebrew Cask

Open-source code editor. Version 1.136.0-insider,1787936893721,d5ceefbe0b296c4d8fbbf3664aff8cad73cd1b5d via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#code.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%

brew install --cask visual-studio-code@insiders

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Open-source code editor

Project links

Commands and aliases

code

From the blog

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2026-10-04

history

Project history and usage

Visual Studio Code Insiders is Microsoft's daily pre-release channel for Visual Studio Code, designed for early adopters who want recent editor changes before they reach Stable.

Project history

Visual Studio Code is Microsoft's open-source code-editor project. The Insiders distribution is the frequently updated pre-release build generated from the same official development project and intended to expose recent features and fixes to early adopters.

Adoption history

VS Code became a widely packaged cross-platform editor, while Insiders developed into its public preview channel. Microsoft publishes daily Insiders builds that install alongside Stable with isolated settings, configurations, extensions, and, by default, a separate Settings Sync service.

How it is used

Developers use Insiders to evaluate upcoming editor APIs and features, test extensions, report regressions, and run preview functionality alongside Stable. Users should expect occasional breakage and should account for its isolated data, extension, and synchronization environments.

Why package nerds care

The Insiders package is a canonical rolling preview channel: it exposes editor, extension-host, remote-development, and platform changes before Stable while remaining installable beside the production build. The separate application and data directories are particularly important to package maintainers and users testing regressions.

Timeline

Daily: Microsoft publishes frequent Insiders builds containing the latest features and fixes.
1.134.0-insider: Version recorded by the supplied Homebrew Cask metadata.

Related projects

The official source project is microsoft/vscode. Visual Studio Code Stable is the corresponding production channel; VSCodium and other downstream builds are separately maintained distributions and are not the official Insiders product.

Sources

Official FAQ: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq
Official Insiders page: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
Official Settings Sync documentation: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/settings-sync
Official settings documentation: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/settings
Official source repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for visual-studio-code@insiders. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: ~/.config/Code - Insiders/User/settings.json.vscode/settings.json
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Code - Insiders/User/settings.json.vscode/settings.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json.vscode\settings.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`code`	binary	Homebrew cask binary	code

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-10-12

manager version1.136.0-insider,1787936893721,d5ceefbe0b296c4d8fbbf3664aff8cad73cd1b5d

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:visual-studio-code@insiders
Version	1.136.0-insider,1787936893721,d5ceefbe0b296c4d8fbbf3664aff8cad73cd1b5d
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/visual-studio-code@insiders
Homepage	https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
Upstream docs	https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
Source archive	https://vscode.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/download/insider/d5ceefbe0b296c4d8fbbf3664aff8cad73cd1b5d/VSCode-darwin-arm64.zip
SHA-256	ba3bc6c1b5c24b51157719fcf2f3cc9060c709f7ddfb4cf84c2166727f6def8f
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	visual-studio-code@insiders
Names	Microsoft Visual Studio Code Insiders VS Code Insiders
Depends On	Macos >=: 12
Artifacts	App 1 Binary 1 Target 2 Uninstall 1 Zap 1
Auto Updates	yes
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix92%

code

nix profile install nixpkgs#code

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Code

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/code/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman92%

code 1.134.0-1

The Open Source build of Visual Studio Code (vscode) editor

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

sudo pacman -S code

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
5 dependencies
1 provides
3 optional deps
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Code

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: code from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/visual-studio-code@insiders.yml

Used sources

cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
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