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VS Code inside the terminal

Shown by robpruzan on Aug 19, 2026. Click the card to turn it over.

108points

30comments

#626of 4,366 in 2026

Top 15%of 2026 by points

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DebatedReal support and real criticism

5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.

Idea: 3 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 against

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Works over SSH
From 1 comment
- IIUC it works over SSH which would be kind of nice I suppose
  Ferret7446 on HN
Fun, amusing idea
From 2 comments
- Hahaha!! This VScode ide definitely deserves it! Fantastic idea! You've my vote mate, good work!
  kalamarico on HN
- Made me smile for sure!
  chandramoulyKK on HN

Electron-based, bloated and slow
From 3 comments
- Why? This just embeds electron and shoves it into the terminal instead of the native frontend. All the same downsides of Electron with practically little to no upside other than…
  rvz on HN
- Wow, bloated electron app running over bloated graphics stack, tell me more...
  CrimsonCape on HN
- vscode server and links2 probably wont cut it 8)
  gerdesj on HN
Pointless: why build it
From 2 comments
- Haha cool idea dude. But why?
  dat999zx on HN
- Why? This just embeds electron and shoves it into the terminal instead of the native frontend. All the same downsides of Electron with practically little to no upside other than…
  rvz on HN
Reinvents X11-style remote display
From 1 comment
- This is coming dangerously close to reinventing the X (as in X11) protocol.
  red_admiral on HN

Performance compared to native VS Code
From 1 comment
- How does it compare performance wise? Feature parity? Can you spawn shells in the terminal pane or is there no terminal pane and you're expected to being your own multiplexer?
  _345 on HN
Supports standard VS Code extensions?
From 1 comment
- Really impressive work, does this terminal environment support standard VS Code extensions?
  anishvarghese on HN

Neovim or Emacs in the terminal
From 2 comments
- just use neovim :)
  justindotdev on HN
- `emacs -nw` with DOOM Emacs for me. :)
  mcbuilder on HN
VS Code remote over SSH or browser
From 2 comments
- Why not use vscode remote via ssh port forwarding? I just use it via my browser.
  RupertWiser on HN
- You can run it directly from a web browser too.
  xienze on HN
zellij and fzf scripting
From 1 comment
- or just fake the layout using zellij, fzf and a little scripting... hehe https://github.com/etnt/my-zellij-config
  kruskakli on HN