Lucid IDE is a build system that produces freely-licensed binaries of Microsoft's vscode repository without telemetry/tracking, rebranded as Lucid IDE and extended with integrated local AI model management.
This project is a fork of VSCodium, which itself is not a code fork of VS Code — it is a set of scripts that clone and compile VS Code with community-friendly defaults.
Download the latest release:
# Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/yigit-guven/Lucid-IDE
cd Lucid-IDE
# Build (Linux/macOS)
./dev/build.sh
# Build (Windows, requires Git Bash)
bash ./dev/build.shSee docs/howto-build.md for full build instructions.
Microsoft's VS Code source is open-source under the MIT license, but their pre-built binaries are released under a proprietary license with telemetry and tracking enabled by default.
Lucid IDE provides:
- No telemetry or tracking — all Microsoft telemetry is removed at build time
- Open extension gallery — uses Open VSX Registry by default
- Local AI support — built-in model download, management, and offline chat powered by local Ollama models (e.g., DeepSeek R1, Qwen Coder, Llama)
- No proprietary branding — fully MIT-licensed binaries
| Platform | Architectures |
|---|---|
| Linux | x64, arm64, armhf, ppc64le, riscv64, loong64, s390x |
| Windows | x64, arm64, ia32 |
| macOS | x64, arm64 |
| Alpine | x64, arm64 |
MIT — see LICENSE.
Copyright (c) 2026-present The Lucid IDE contributors
Copyright (c) 2018-present The VSCodium contributors
Copyright (c) 2015-present Microsoft Corporation