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However, the binaries published by Microsoft are proprietary under the "Microsoft Software License" and ships with closed-source modifications.
However, the binaries published by Microsoft are proprietary under the "Microsoft Software License" and ships with closed-source modifications.
Alternate fully open source forks exists like [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium].


==Incidents==
==Incidents==


===Telemetry enabled by default===
===Telemetry enabled by default===
Microsoft's proprietary build sends telemetry data by default<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telemetry |url=https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/telemetry |url-status=live |website=VS Code Documentation}}</ref>. It has to be disabled manually by setting <code>telemetry.telemetryLevel</code> to <code>off</code> in the user settings.
Microsoft's proprietary build sends telemetry data by default<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telemetry |url=https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/telemetry |url-status=live |website=VS Code Documentation}}</ref> which goes under [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement Microsoft's Privacy Statement]. It has to be disabled manually by setting <code>telemetry.telemetryLevel</code> to <code>off</code> in the user settings.


===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===
===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===

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Visual Studio Code
Basic Information
Release Year 2015
Product Type Software
In Production Yes
Official Website https://code.visualstudio.com

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers.[1]

Open Source

The Source Code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.

However, the binaries published by Microsoft are proprietary under the "Microsoft Software License" and ships with closed-source modifications.

Alternate fully open source forks exists like VS Codium.

Incidents

Telemetry enabled by default

Microsoft's proprietary build sends telemetry data by default[2] which goes under Microsoft's Privacy Statement. It has to be disabled manually by setting telemetry.telemetryLevel to off in the user settings.

Blocking extensions for third-party forks

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See also

Sources

  1. "Visual Studio Code - Wikipedia". Wikipedia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Telemetry". VS Code Documentation.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)