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VSCodium is VSCode without "Telemetry" (Tracking!)

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> "_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 and contains telemetry/tracking_."

https://vscodium.com
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/84380214-e289ea00-abde-11ea-8e89-03a4ca9374cb.png)

Either grab the latest release from: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases

Or follow the download/install instructions on the website.
e.g: on Mac:

```
brew cask install vscodium
```
Output
```
==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask 'vscodium'.
==> Installing Cask vscodium
==> Moving App 'VSCodium.app' to '/Applications/VSCodium.app'.
==> Linking Binary 'code' to '/usr/local/bin/code'.
🍺 vscodium was successfully installed!
```

If you see the following warning:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/84380600-85426880-abdf-11ea-9293-206452dcd9ff.png)

Open the Security & Privacy tab in your System Preferences and click "**Open Anyway**":
![security-privacy-settings-open-anyway](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/84380873-04d03780-abe0-11ea-80f8-4360da9a9be0.png)

The next time you open the app you will see:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/84380744-c6d31380-abdf-11ea-915a-01637551c0ad.png)

Click on "**Open**" to continue opening `VSCodium`

You will see:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/84380844-f71ab200-abdf-11ea-806e-bad8f0021bba.png)

`VSCodium` is compatible with all the plugins/extensions that you know and love in `VSCode`.
Just install and `VSCodium` and pickup exactly where you left off.

using the `code` shortcut in your terminal will open `VSCodium` e.g:
```
code .
```

No more tracking from [Microsoft](https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html). 🎉

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