---
title: "Install"
bg: blue
color: black
---

<div class="link-button">
<a href="https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases" style="color: white;text-decoration:none;">
<b>Download latest release here</b><br>
<font size="-1">Available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux</font>
</a>
</div>

---

## Use a Package Manager

### Install with Brew (Mac)
If you are on a Mac and have [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) installed:
```bash
brew cask install vscodium
```

---

_Note for Mac OS X Mojave users: if you see "App can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software" when opening VSCodium the first time, you can right-click the application and choose Open. This should only be required the first time opening on Mojave._

### Install with Chocolatey (Windows)
If you use Windows and have [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org) installed (thanks to [@Thilas](https://github.com/Thilas)):
```bash
choco install vscodium
```

### <a id="install-with-scoop"></a>Install with Scoop (Windows)
If you use Windows and have [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/) installed:
```bash
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install vscodium
```

---

### Install with Package Manager (Linux)


#### Parrot OS:

VSCodium is pre-installed in Parrot OS.

In case you don't find it by default, you can retrieve it from the official Parrot repo

```bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt install vscodium
```

---

[@paulcarroty](https://github.com/paulcarroty) has set up a repository for VSCodium [here](https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo). The instructions below are adapted from there. Any issues installing VSCodium using your package manager should be directed to that repository's issue tracker.

#### Debian / Ubuntu (deb package):
Add the GPG key of the repository:
```bash
wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
```
 
Add the repository:
```bash
echo 'deb https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/repos/debs/ vscodium main' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
```

Update then install vscodium:
```bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt install codium
```


---


#### Fedora / Centos / OpenSUSE (rpm package):

Add the GPG key of the repository:

```bash
rpm --import https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg
```

Add the repository:

- **Fedora/RHEL**:
  ```bash
  printf "[gitlab.com_paulcarroty_vscodium_repo]\nname=gitlab.com_paulcarroty_vscodium_repo\nbaseurl=https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/repos/rpms/\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg" |sudo tee -a /etc/yum.repos.d/vscodium.repo
  ```

- **openSUSE/SUSE**:
  ```bash
  printf "[gitlab.com_paulcarroty_vscodium_repo]\nname=gitlab.com_paulcarroty_vscodium_repo\nbaseurl=https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/repos/rpms/\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg" |sudo tee -a /etc/zypp/repos.d/vscodium.repo
  ```


Install the software:


- **Fedora/RHEL**:
  ```
  dnf install codium
  ```
- **OpenSUSE/SUSE**:
  ```
  zypper in codium
  ```


---


### <a id="flatpak"></a>Flatpak Option (Linux)
VSCodium is not available as a Flatpak app, but [@amtlib-dot-dll](https://github.com/amtlib-dot-dll) has done significant work to package up the open source build of Visual Studio Code without telemetry, very similarly to VSCodium. That package is available [here](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.visualstudio.code.oss) and the build repo is [here](https://github.com/flathub/com.visualstudio.code.oss).