VSCodium - Insiders
by The VSCodium team
Telemetry-less code editing
Dangerous permissions
Verified creator
MIT
v1.135.06030-insider
About
VSCodium Insiders combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for the core edit-build-debug cycle.
This is the telemetry-less version of Visual Studio Code, packaged into a Flatpak. This repackaging is not supported by Microsoft.
Permissions
7 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.
- all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
--device=all - full access to your entire file system
--filesystem=host - sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak - your SSH agent (can sign with your SSH keys)
--socket=ssh-auth - development features (ptrace, can inspect other processes in its sandbox)
--allow=devel - your keyring / saved passwords
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets - session management (logout, suspend)
--system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.login1 - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - network
--share=network - X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
--socket=fallback-x11 - audio
--socket=pulseaudio - Wayland display
--socket=wayland - access to xdg-run/gnupg
--filesystem=xdg-run/gnupg:ro - access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
--filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro - talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
--talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
Who publishes this
The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.
- installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
source:prebuilt - verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
publisher:flathub
Maintenance
Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.
No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.