Comparison

Visual Studio vs VSCodium

On the evidence we track, Visual Studio leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Visual Studio full profile →VSCodium full profile →

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★Visual Studio58

VSCodium47

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Visual StudioLeader	VSCodium
Vioscale score	58 / 100medium · 54%	47 / 100low · 44%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	free
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	-
Security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=vscodium-fhs&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	32,987
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	5
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	4
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Shell

Score

Vioscale score

Visual Studio58 / 100medium · 54%

VSCodium47 / 100low · 44%

Pricing

Free tier

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Model

Visual Studiocommercial

VSCodiumfree

Price level

Visual Studiomid

VSCodiumfree

Transparent

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Integrations

Count

Visual Studio2

VSCodium–

Security

Vulnerabilities

Visual Studio–

VSCodiumCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=vscodium-fhs&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Visual Studio–

VSCodium0

Github stars

Visual Studio–

VSCodium32,987

Activity

Commits last 30d

Visual Studio–

VSCodium5

Release

Cadence days

Visual Studio–

VSCodium4

History

Visual Studio–

VSCodium20 items

License

Spdx

Visual Studio–

VSCodiumMIT

Language

Primary

Visual Studio–

VSCodiumShell

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ides & code editors. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for IDEs & Code Editors
Capability	Visual Studio	VSCodium
Core
Type	Full IDE	Full IDE
Language scope	Polyglot	Polyglot
Deployment
Deployment	Desktop	Both
Platform support
OS support	Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux (multiple architectures: x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le, loong64)
Base platform	Original	VS Code fork
Extensibility
Extensibility	Extension marketplace	Extension marketplace
DX
LSP / DAP support	-	✓
Remote / dev-containers	-	✓
Integrated debugger / profiler	✓	✓
Code intelligence depth	IDE-grade	IDE-grade
Built-in git integration	✓	✓
AI
Built-in AI	Native	None
Licensing
Openness	-	Open-source
Pricing
Pricing model	-	Free

Core

Type

Visual StudioFull IDE

VSCodiumFull IDE

Language scope

Visual StudioPolyglot

VSCodiumPolyglot

Deployment

Visual StudioDesktop

VSCodiumBoth

Platform support

OS support

Visual StudioWindows, macOS, Linux

VSCodiumWindows, macOS, Linux (multiple architectures: x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le, loong64)

Base platform

Visual StudioOriginal

VSCodiumVS Code fork

Extensibility

Visual StudioExtension marketplace

VSCodiumExtension marketplace

LSP / DAP support

Visual Studio-

VSCodium✓

Remote / dev-containers

Visual Studio-

VSCodium✓

Integrated debugger / profiler

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Code intelligence depth

Visual StudioIDE-grade

VSCodiumIDE-grade

Built-in git integration

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Built-in AI

Visual StudioNative

VSCodiumNone

Licensing

Openness

Visual Studio-

VSCodiumOpen-source

Pricing

Pricing model

Visual Studio-

VSCodiumFree

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Visual Studio

Leader

Comprehensive integrated development environment for .NET and C++ development with AI-powered assistance, integrated debugging, testing, and CI/CD integration. Available as Visual Studio IDE for Windows and macOS, plus Visual Studio Code for cross-platform web development.

Independently observed

VSCodium

VSCodium provides a community-maintained, MIT-licensed build of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor. It distributes the same core functionality as VS Code but without telemetry, tracking, or Microsoft-specific customizations, available pre-built for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Visual Studio

Leader

from $45/moHybridFree tier

Free Community edition; subscriptions from $45/user/mo to $499.92/user/mo

CommunityFree
- Full IDE capabilities for .NET and C++ development
Professional standard$99.99/user/mo (paid annually), renews at $66.59/user/mo
- Visual Studio Professional
- Azure DevOps (Basic plan)
- $50 Azure credit per month
- Basic dev/test software
- Training and support
Enterprise standard$499.92/user/mo (paid annually), renews at $214.09/user/mo
- Visual Studio Enterprise
- Azure DevOps (Basic + Test plan)
- $150 Azure credit per month
- Premium dev/test software
- Extended training and support
- +1 more
Professional monthly$45/user/mo
- Visual Studio Professional
- Azure DevOps (Basic plan)
Enterprise monthly$250/user/mo
- Visual Studio Enterprise
- Azure DevOps (Basic + Test plan)

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

VSCodium

FreeFree tier

Free, open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Visual Studio	VSCodium
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Visual Studio✗

VSCodium✓

macOS

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Windows

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Linux

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

CLI

Visual Studio✗

VSCodium✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Visual Studio✗

VSCodium✓

Self-hosted

Visual Studio✓

VSCodium✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Visual Studio

Leader

2 total

GitHub
Azure

Independently observed

VSCodium

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.