# Two Julia instances
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/two-julia-instances/88963
**Category:** VS Code
**Tags:** vscode
**Created:** [October 19, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/two-julia-instances/88963 "2022-10-19T12:44:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Rohan\_Rajagopal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rohan_Rajagopal)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/two-julia-instances/88963/1 "2022-10-19T12:44:58Z")
Good day,
Whenever I open VS Code and connect it to Julia REPL, it seems that VS Code opens two Julia instances is this how it works general. Please see the following snapshot from the Activity Monitor.
Thanks very much.
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### Author:  [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/two-julia-instances/88963/2 "2022-10-19T12:46:43Z")
> [@Rohan\_Rajagopal](#):
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> opens two Julia instances is this how it works general.
yes. Can you expand the process to full path? (like in linux `top` you can press `c`)
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### Author:  [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/two-julia-instances/88963/3 "2022-10-19T12:49:14Z")
The second is for the language server:
