AWS backs Open VSX as Rust survey shows VS Code decline

AI-first editors and agent-driven tooling intensify competition in the IDE market The Open VSX registry, used for installing extensions in editors compatible with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), will ...
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Theia IDE: Eclipse’s answer to Visual Studio Code

Over the last few years, Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code has emerged as a popular developer’s tool. It’s a lightweight editor at its core, but with a vast array of extensions that transform it into an ...
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Eclipse launches Theia 1.0 as alternative to VS Code

Eclipse Foundation hopes to give the popular Microsoft-developed Visual Studio Code source code editor some competition with the 1.0 release of its Theia development platform. Eclipse Theia is a ...

Open VSX Registry surpasses 300 million monthly downloads, as industry leaders back critical developer infrastructure

BRUSSELS, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Eclipse Foundation today announced major security and infrastructure advancements to the Open VSX Registry as it surpasses 300 million downloads per ...