# Help, I'm going out of my mind - Julia and VS Code Problems

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496 "2019-08-13T11:40:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ymh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ymh/32/14650_2.png) [@ymh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ymh)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/21 "2021-08-04T05:19:56Z")

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worth noting that the Remote SSH extension won’t work with VSCodium though.

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**Author:** ![ptoche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ptoche/32/23554_2.png) [@ptoche](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ptoche)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/22 "2021-08-04T05:54:27Z")

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> [@amrods](#):
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> There is [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com), a clone without Microsoft branding, telemetry, etc.

Wow. To quote from the link to VSCodium:

Microsoft’s `vscode` source code is open source (MIT-licensed), but the product available for download (Visual Studio Code) is licensed under [this not-FLOSS license](https://code.visualstudio.com/license) and contains telemetry/tracking. According to [this comment](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005) from a Visual Studio Code maintainer:

> When we [Microsoft] build Visual Studio Code, we do exactly this. We clone the vscode repository, we lay down a customized product.json that has Microsoft specific functionality (telemetry, gallery, logo, etc.), and then produce a build that we release under our license.
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> When you clone and build from the vscode repo, none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json. Therefore, you generate a “clean” build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license

The VSCodium project exists so that you don’t have to download+build from source. This project includes special build scripts that clone Microsoft’s vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries for you to [GitHub releases](https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases). **These binaries are licensed under the MIT license. Telemetry is disabled.**

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/23 "2021-08-04T07:35:34Z")

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the catch is that VSCodium doesn’t have access to many plug-ins that are only available in M$ market, because somehow plug-ins there are not like Atom plug-ins – just git repo with code under Free license

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/24 "2021-08-04T08:18:15Z")

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Well, you can still install _most_ plugins on VSCodium (either by bugging the devs to publish to [open-vsx.org](http://open-vsx.org) as well or by just downloading the vsix and installing it manually). There’s only a small (I think) set of packages in the VSCode marketplace whose license disallows usage with non-official VSCode builds.

> [@cybervigilante](#):
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> A new crew of developers needs to take over Juno and tell M$oft to go pound sand.

Are there any critical issues with Juno I should be aware of? Last I tried it works just fine.

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/25 "2021-08-04T08:38:58Z")

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Juno still working fine here. When the lights start flickering, I’ll let you know… 🙂

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/26 "2021-08-04T08:57:42Z")

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Juno dead-enders unite! (I’m still sad about the demise of LightTable…)

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**Author:** ![cybervigilante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cybervigilante/32/26687_2.png) [@cybervigilante](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cybervigilante)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/27 "2021-08-30T15:54:35Z")

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Rock n Roll is here to stay, and so is Juno 😃

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**Author:** ![cybervigilante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cybervigilante/32/26687_2.png) [@cybervigilante](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cybervigilante)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-im-going-out-of-my-mind-julia-and-vs-code-problems/27496/28 "2021-08-30T15:57:47Z")

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My main problem is I’ve installed VS Code three times and can’t get Julia working on it. I’ve never had this problem with any other language on any other editor.

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