[derkades]

This has been my editor for a long while. I can highly recommend it; it is VSCode but without the bullshit.

It should be noted that VSCodium uses a different marketplace for extensions. This third party marketplace does not have (obviously) proprietary Microsoft extensions. Some extensions can still be installed by downloading the .vsix from the official marketplace, but other extensions actively block being installed on "non-official" VSCode.

For Python I recommend basedpyright as an alternative to Pyright/Pylance.

[paxys]

What's the "bullshit" in VSCode that this avoids? Telemetry can be turned off in one line. Copyrighted logos - I don't really care. Is there any other benefit to using this over the MS-published VSCode?

[solarkraft]

Yes. VSCode includes a lot of propriety stuff that’s easy to take for granted and only notice when it’s gone, such as the extension store and a couple pretty high-profile extensions (Python, .NET, Copilot).

[rerdavies]

And the C++ extensions, which are licensed for use only with VSCode.(No, I don't know what bullshit is being avoided either; just sayin' -- the C++ extension presumably will not work with VSCodium either).