Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a code editor that combines the simplicity of an editor with what developers need for the core edit-build-debug cycle.

This is a community package of Microsoft's official build of Visual Studio Code, repackaged unmodified. It is not supported by Microsoft; report problems with the package to FlatPark, not to Microsoft.

How it differs from the com.visualstudio.code package on Flathub:

• It follows Microsoft's releases within hours instead of lagging behind.
• Extra Electron flags are read from ~/.var/app/com.visualstudio.code/config/code-flags.conf, one per line.
• Commit signing works through the host's gpg-agent, and the window follows the Plasma colour scheme.
• TMPDIR points at the per-app runtime directory, which the host can see too.
• On NixOS, the integrated terminal finds the host's shells.
• No Kerberos/Negotiate single sign-on.

The app runs in a sandbox and can't see the SDKs on your host. Run host commands with host-spawn, for example by pointing the integrated terminal at it; the note that opens on first start explains how.