At its core, VS Code is built on an open source project called Code OSS, published under the permissive MIT license. Microsoft maintains this repository publicly on GitHub, where anyone can clone, ...
There is no shortage of available open source software out there. Some well-known examples are Mozilla Firefox and the Linux operating system.
Microsoft open sourced the inline suggestions system in VS Code, marking the second milestone in its plan to build an open-source AI editor and continuing the work detailed in the first milestone ...
According to Microsoft, the decision to open source GitHub Copilot Chat stems from a growing demand for transparency in how AI-assisted developer tools work -- particularly around prompt engineering, ...
Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...