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Install vscodium with Homebrew Cask
Binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing. Version 1.143.17232 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
Project links
Commands and aliases
- codium
history
Project history and usage
VSCodium is a community build and release system for freely licensed Visual Studio Code binaries. It removes Microsoft branding and configured telemetry and supplies desktop packages for major operating systems.
Project history
The VSCodium project began in 2018 as automation for building Microsoft's MIT-licensed vscode source into community-distributed binaries. The project emphasizes that it is a build-and-release system rather than a source-code fork.
Its scripts fetch upstream VS Code, apply community product configuration and branding, disable telemetry, build platform packages, and publish the resulting binaries. This model allows releases to follow upstream VS Code closely while keeping VSCodium-specific changes relatively small.
Adoption history
VSCodium became a prominent way to obtain the open-source VS Code codebase as ready-made binaries without Microsoft's product branding, proprietary release license, or configured telemetry endpoints.
Its distribution broadened from GitHub releases to Homebrew, Windows package managers, Snap, Flatpak, Arch packages, and an apt/rpm repository. VSCodium uses Open VSX as its default extension registry because Microsoft Marketplace terms restrict Marketplace offerings to Visual Studio products and services.
How it is used
Users install VSCodium as a general-purpose graphical code editor and IDE platform. Most VS Code workflows and settings carry over, but extensions come from Open VSX by default and some Microsoft-restricted extensions may be unavailable or incompatible.
Why package nerds care
VSCodium makes the distinction between an open-source codebase and vendor-produced binaries unusually visible. It is a practical case study in reproducible downstream builds, branding, telemetry defaults, extension-registry policy, and the licensing consequences of repackaging an upstream editor.
Timeline
- 2018: The VSCodium project and its MIT-licensed build scripts were established.
- 2018: Community apt and rpm packaging work began alongside the GitHub releases.
- VSCodium subsequently gained Homebrew, WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop, Snap, Flatpak, and Arch-oriented installation paths.
Related projects
- VSCodium is built from Microsoft's vscode source repository. It uses Open VSX for extensions by default and has an Insiders channel corresponding to upstream prerelease builds.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vscodium. 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/VSCodium/User/settings.json~/.config/VSCodium/User/keybindings.json- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/User/settings.json~/Library/Application Support/VSCodium/User/keybindings.json- Windows
%APPDATA%\VSCodium\User\settings.json%APPDATA%\VSCodium\User\keybindings.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
codium | binary | Homebrew cask binary | codium |
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 generated2026-11-04
manager version1.143.17232
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodiumnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:vscodium |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.143.17232 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/vscodium |
| Homepage | https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium |
| Repository | https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium |
| Source archive | https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/1.143.17232/VSCodium-darwin-arm64-1.143.17232.zip |
| SHA-256 | ade8f5e0ebf47e5ea9e2478844f150c68e43def192b6f8be05d0329d25ec0917 |
| 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 | vscodium |
| Names |
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| Artifacts | |
| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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.
Used sources
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment