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Publish cpp-tools to Open VSX #12269
Description
Feature Request
Please publish this extension to the Open VSX marketplace.
Context
Unfortunately, as Microsoft prohibits usages of the Microsoft marketplace by any other products or redistribution of .vsix files from it, in order to use VS Code extensions in non-Microsoft products, we kindly ask that you take ownership of the VS Code extension namespace in Open VSX and publish this extension on Open VSX.
What is Open VSX? Why does it exist?
Open VSX is a vendor neutral alternative to the MS marketplace used by most other derivatives of VS Code like VSCodium, Gitpod, OpenVSCode, Theia-based IDEs, and so on.
You can read on about Open VSX at the Eclipse Foundation's Open VSX FAQ.
How can you publish to Open VSX?
The docs to publish an extension can be found here. This process is straightforward and shouldn't take too long. Essentially, you need an authentication token and to execute the ovsx publish command to publish your extension. There's also a doc explaining the whole process with an example GitHub Action workflow.
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bobbrow commentedon May 1, 2024
Thank you for reporting this issue.
Derivatives of VS Code are not licensed to use Microsoft's Marketplace to install extensions and instead use Open-VSX.org. The C++ extension is not published in Open-VSX.org because it is not licensed for use outside of the official Microsoft version of VS Code. Unfortunately, this means that we are not able to publish to Open VSX.
Related issues: #6388, #6518
willkara commentedon May 1, 2024