Web version of VSCodium?

[theuserbl]

The actual version of VSCode exists also as web-version on
https://vscode.dev/
and the insider build as web version
https://insiders.vscode.dev/

Is it planned, to create also a MIT licensed VSCodium as web version?

[wangnan789]

"yarn web" in to build.sh ???

[Felx-B]

Hi there,
If you are interested, I compiled VSCode for browser in this repo : https://github.com/Felx-B/vscode-web
Check out the sample folder, for a simple use of this package.

[notpushkin]

Both codium.dev and vscodium.dev seem to be taken :-(

[Kyngo]

Both codium.dev and vscodium.dev seem to be taken :-(

They seem so. Maybe the vscodium team already grabbed them?

As an alternative, I may suggest vscodium.online and vscodium.xyz as they seem to be available.

[sorat0mo]

They seem so. Maybe the vscodium team already grabbed them?

As an alternative, I may suggest vscodium.online and vscodium.xyz as they seem to be available.

I suggest not getting vscodium.xyz because it sounds informal. vs-codium.dev is still available, and vscodium.app is also avilable.

[jakenvac]

Gitpod have actually done something akin to the VSCodium project for the web. You can check it out here.

I've been working on getting local VSCodium talking to openvscode-server but so far no real luck.

[amytimed]

I really think this should be worked on, vs-codium.dev seems great

[jakenvac]

There's no work to be done. It's all there in codium, there's just lots of hurdles you need to jump to get it to run. You can just use the gitpod project linked above. It's very straightforward and is the same upstream code.

[notpushkin]

@jakeHL GitPod is great but it is about development servers, while https://vscode.dev/ runs purely in browser (when I last checked it at least).

The appeal is: when I want to quickly get a VS Code editor on some machine (without some more advanced features like terminal / most LSPs), I can just open up https://vscode.dev/ and it loads almost instantly – no sign up, no waiting for the server to spin up, just open and code away.

[jakenvac]

so what you're asking for is a hosted service thats available to you on demand?

Hosting such a service costs money, and I highly doubt the codium team want to invest money they probably dont have in something that doesnt really seem to align with their current goals.

As I said before, you can use the gitpod project for exactly what you're asking, all you need to do is host it yourself. You can use any vpc service such as linode or digital ocean or you can host it on your own hardware. But that involves spending your own money instead of someone elses.

I wont speak for the team, I could be wrong, this could be a top priority, but I wouldnt get your hopes up. Especially when there's already a project doing what you want. People rarely want to duplicate effort.

[notpushkin]

@jakeHL It doesn't cost too much money. It works in browser entirely and is just a static website, you can host it for free or very, very cheap (depending on amounts of traffic).

You're probably right about the “not a high priority”, though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[nolange]

it would definitely help for those of us who want to run vscodium on a chromebook.

[kelbazz]

Or they can simply use a web. subdomain so there's not additional cost and they can host the static website.

[jakenvac]

It's worth mentioning that it's NOT just a static website. It has a lot of background processes to do things like code inspection, LSP integration, etc. Let alone if you then also want a shell environment.

[Kyngo]

It's worth mentioning that it's NOT just a static website. It has a lot of background processes to do things like code inspection, LSP integration, etc. Let alone if you then also want a shell environment.

There's no need at all to have shell environments and that kind of stuff. Just a bare-bones version, like vscode.dev. I don't know if stuff like code inspection, linting and stuff can run on the browser, it'd be nice if it could. This way, the service could be hosted statically indeed.

[notpushkin]

I don't know if stuff like code inspection, linting and stuff can run on the browser

It can, if language server is in TypeScript. I think running language servers compiled to WASM is also feasible, but no idea how hard would it be.

[GitMensch]

This is a duplicate of #497 - please continue the discussion in #1469.