[GUIDE] 2025 How to run Copilot in VSCodium (without VSCode) #1487
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Why do we have to use that specific client_id? I found it a big sketchy, but it did work! |
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It's the VSCode's id. I've found it in one of the issues. There was part of the instruction above but with the wrong scope. I had to reverse the extension a little because it reverted without a clear error log 🥲 |
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Ah okay awesome work! |
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This is great, and works perfectly for connecting VS Codium without the need to do anything in VS Code. I did this on Windows myself and initially had an issue in both Command Prompt & Powershell with curl errors. Ended up resolving that problem by simply using the MINGW64 based |
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I needed to use Git Bash on Windows for |
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You can replace the single quotes ' with double quotes " and it should work on windows cmd |
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Works like a charm on Powershell v7 without any hassle. Thank you! |
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Heck yeah! Thanks for that dude 🔥 |
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Flatpak usersStill working for me as of 2024-08-01I installed VSCodium on
Thanks, @ustas-eth ! |
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Just for reference, if anyone uses this as global/system install: |
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Hi did you try it successfully? Can you share steps @francoism90 |
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I did the same steps as @miclgael. I will share when it needs more. :) |
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I'm having trouble activating Github Copilot Labs with this trick. Can it be done? Thanks in advance. |
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Can't say anything without the actual error. You can try to debug VSCodium though (run it with the --inspect-extension flag and use chrome://inspect) |
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Thanks so much for your reply. The gho api key is the one that successfully allowed copilot to work. |
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Github Copilot Labs uses a different scope to authenticate.
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Warning: 'inspect-extension' is not in the list of known options, but still passed to Electron/Chromium. |
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How do we find out where |
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It depends how you installed it. Can you try |
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I installed it on arch linux with the |
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Update: It's now at |
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This worked on my Linux laptop, much love. I was just wondering why on the Windows Binary for VSCodium the "official" login for GitHub Copilot works on my end? Is there some f*ckery because it is a Windows machine and Windows authenticates me anyway like that? |
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Interesting! |
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as of Jun 22 this still works thank you so much |
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This is just amazing. Thanks a lot. The only issue I have right now is that I have to keep logging in to GitHub on VSCodium each time I open it. Any way to fix this problem? |
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Curious, have you got SSH set up for your GitHub account? |
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Yeah it unfortunately makes it very cumbersome, even if you get the access token in one command via a script it's still annoying Edit : That's probably on me, I'm on i3 and din't have a keychain installed, using gnome-keyring it stays logged in even when restarting. |
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Yes, I have, through github-cli |
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Umm, Where should i paste my access token ? (Step 7) |
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AFAIR - Log out and Log back in to Copilot and it should prompt you - that's where you put the access token. |
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thanks |
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On Manjaro Linux (so should work for Arch as well) I found $ sudo pacman -Ql vscodium | grep product.json
vscodium-bin /opt/vscodium-bin/resources/app/product.json |
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Works on Linux Mint, using VSCodium installed from the Ubuntu repository. Thanks @ustas-eth ! SnapIn case anyone installed VSCodium using Snap, you'll need to use a workaround like described here, to edit Rather than doing that I just reinstalled from the VSCodium Ubuntu repository instead. Possible edits to original post@ustas-eth perhaps to clarify step 6 a bit further, As below:
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Done! |
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I forgot to mention a tiny typo at step 7. Missing the "e" on "Paste". Thanks a mil again for these instructions! |
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If you already installed copilot and want to use this wonderful trick, you will first have to sign out from Github using the Sign out option on the bottom left corner (the person button below the setting button). |
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Hi, I have run the following: flatpak --user install -y flathub com.vscodium.codium
flatpak --user override --socket=wayland com.vscodium.codium
flatpak run com.vscodium.codium --install-extension ~/Downloads/GitHub.copilot-1.95.246.vsix
cd ~/.local/share/flatpak/app/com.vscodium.codium/current/active/files/share/codium/resources/app
sed -e 's|"GitHub.copilot":.*|"GitHub.copilot": ["inlineCompletions","inlineCompletionsNew","inlineCompletionsAdditions","textDocumentNotebook","interactive","terminalDataWriteEvent"],|' \
-i.bak product.jsonI had to copy the following libraries in order for the "Sign in with Github to use Github Copilot" to appear:
in If I click on "Sign in with Github to use Github Copilot", I can generate the PAT, copy it to but I get the following error in the Developer console: workbench.desktop.main.js:97 [Extension Host] [ERROR] [default] [2023-07-09T14:39:57.595Z] GitHub Copilot could not connect to server. Extension activation failed: "Cancelled"
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invoke @ workbench.desktop.main.js:93
deliver @ workbench.desktop.main.js:93
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fire @ workbench.desktop.main.js:564
ee.onmessage @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1642
workbench.desktop.main.js:759 Writing login information to the keychain failed with error 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable'.
onDidChangeNotification @ workbench.desktop.main.js:759
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addNotification @ workbench.desktop.main.js:759
notify @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1644
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workbench.desktop.main.js:97 [Extension Host] rejected promise not handled within 1 second: Error: User not authorized
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workbench.desktop.main.js:97 [Extension Host] stack trace: Error: User not authorized
at /home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/auth.ts:52:15
at process.copilotToken (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
at forceNormal [as getCopilotToken] (/home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/auth.ts:92:18)
at event (/home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/session.ts:53:28)
at /home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/extension.ts:162:46
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workbench.desktop.main.js:1978 [GitHub.copilot]User not authorized
$onExtensionRuntimeError @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1978
_doInvokeHandler @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1541
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_receiveRequest @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1541
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workbench.desktop.main.js:1978 Error: User not authorized
at /home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/auth.ts:52:15
at process.copilotToken (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
at forceNormal [as getCopilotToken] (/home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/auth.ts:92:18)
at event (/home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/session.ts:53:28)
at /home/user/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/data/codium/extensions/github.copilot-1.95.246/extension/src/extension.ts:162:46
$onExtensionRuntimeError @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1978
_doInvokeHandler @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1541
_invokeHandler @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1541
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ee.onmessage @ workbench.desktop.main.js:1642Is an older version required? Thanks |
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It worked for me just installing the extension manually from the binary; no need for other tweaks. Ubuntu 24.04. |
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Can you share the version of copilot and Vscodium |
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Sure.
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The only thing not working for me, is git commit generating messages. It seems to worked before. Anyone got a solution? |
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To install copilot go to the extension's page in the vscode marketplace, then go to the Version History tab, and download the latest version (or any other if you prefer). You're gonna get a or click on the 3 dots in the Extensions section, and choose Then just follow the instructions to log into Github as you'd do normally. |
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Thank you, this works on Windows 11 |
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Big thanks! perfect work on Arch Linux |
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@jindongjie do you actually got copilot chat to work too? |
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For new version ,you need a new way: simply install this aur package first: |
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@jindongjie Does not seem to be needed any longer: for me installing the |
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I got the extension to install and auth'd my github account on my Mac, running VSCodium Version: 1.92.1 but still dont have the chat extension to allow me to actually use CoPilot. 
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Same here! |
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Works great for anyone on Arch |
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@Yocracra Does not seem to be needed any longer: for me installing the |
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Will you have to redownload the .vsix every time you want to update? Also, it's nice to have easy access to the VSCode marketplace. Just a generally good package to have if you use VSCodium. |
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Where is this folder with the product.json ? I could not find it in my home dir and dont assume it would be anywhere else? Fedora, RPM from repo |
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See Possible paths for the product.json: in the original post |
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no one it's working now |
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I managed to install it, but how do I actually use it? The GitHub CoPilot Chat extension is not automatically installed with it and doesn't work to manually install. So now I don't see a way to actually use this GitHub CoPilot extension? |
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still not work with Windows 10 + Vscodium (1.96.2) + Copilot latest. 
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The icon is not showing up anymore in the sidebar. Chat still works, but you have to open it through the menu. None of the solutions in this thread work anymore. (I'm using vscodium 1.96.2 on Manjaro Linux) |
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whats' mean the menu? i can't see anything |
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CTRL+SHIFT+P > "Open chat in sidebar" |
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no copilot installed by the way.. 
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Thanks for the tips. I have it installed but the top chat menu all are grayed out.
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Broke as same |
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Same here! |
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Can you try to remove the extension and reinstall with the versions from the main post? |
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It works now!👏 |
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This isn't working currently, right? I am able to go through the first 3 steps and get up to step 5 from the optional 5 steps. But after copying the access token from the terminal I'm not able to paste it into VSCodium. Even after login out from my GitHub account and back in... |
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Whilst the Copilot plugin is undoubtedly cool, be aware that using it from VSCodium may not be legal. Maybe you care, maybe you don't, but at least be aware of opinion and make your judgement. |
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It would be a breach of contract and a copyright infringement to redistribute the extension, not to download and use it. |
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Obviously, IANAL, but there are enough similar opinions out there to make me think I'm with the consensus. That is: |
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I think it's always regarding the marketplace. The marketplace is only allowed to be used with vscode, not the extension itself. If it was, they would probably prevent you from downloading the vsix directly from the website. Tho it might be specified in the extension's license... |
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Yeah, but the only way of getting the extension at all is through the marketplace. So you are agreeing to the terms by downloading the VSIX. Downloading the vsix manually doesn't get you round the terms of use. |
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TL;DR Solved I just tried to install Copilot with the first three steps from the instructions, and some parts of the functionality worked fine with the free version (I'm not paying anymore):
I couldn't open the chat or use some other features. I wasn't able to find any errors in the developer tools. Then I found the mention of copilot-chat extension in the README of the main extension. I'm not sure how it was managed before, but it seems you need to download it separately now. Another issue I encountered was that I couldn't find the button to download the vsix file anymore. Direct links still work, though! So, I downloaded the second extension to get the chat window, but the latest version seems to only work with a future build of VSCode, 1.97.0 (the current latest is 1.96.4). I went to the Web Archive to get the number of the previous release but wasn't able to due to the service limitations, it didn't capture the block with the version number :') The good news is that their versions are derived from dates, and they are quite frequent, so I was able to bruteforce a bit and find the one that works.
There was some other issue with the authorization, but all I had to do was to open the chat through the copilot icon here and click the sign in button:
To have the chat as previously in the left panel, just drag this icon to the panel:
The main extension: copilot-chat (the older version, worked): copilot-chat (the actual version, didn't work): Linux, Flatpack, VSCodium 1.96.2, Copilot 1.257.1316 |
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Can someone check if the changes to product.json are still needed? |
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With the copilot-chat file you link to I get the error: Unable to install extension 'github.copilot-chat' as it is not compatible with VSCodium '1.96.3' I also tried with 1.96.2, same result. The main copilot extension works. Is there any step I'm missing? I'm on Windows, not sure if that matters in this case. |
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@AstudilloMarillo sorry, I messed with the link, updated now. Get the older version https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/GitHub/vsextensions/copilot-chat/0.23.2024120501/vspackage |
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Awesome, it works now! Thanks for your guide, and especially the correct version of copilot-chat, cause that was the step I couldn't get to work before. |
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Thanks it's work!! |
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This still doesn't bring the sidebar Icon back. |
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Updated, check step 6 |
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Thanks a lot. That works. |
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@ustas-eth |
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@gerroon check step 2 in the original post |
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Latest version of GitHub Copilot and Chat work on the newest version of VSCodeium Insiders edition. Tested myself and all is good.
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The instruction
a) you can try to download the vsix files here: Copilot and Copilot Chat
b) or, if not available, by the direct links:
Copilot:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/GitHub/vsextensions/copilot/1.257.1316/vspackage
Copilot Chat:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/GitHub/vsextensions/copilot-chat/0.23.2024120501/vspackage
These links can be outdated, check the marketplace and replace
1.257.1316and0.23.2024120501in them if you want to download newer versions.Install them in the Extensions menu -> three dots -> Install from VSIX...
Edit
VSCODIUM_FOLDER/resources/app/product.json. Find theGitHub.copilotand insert the following permission:Troubleshooting
Check this post where I set it up myself: #1487 (comment)
The old way to authorize in previous versions of VSCodium:
spoiler
device_codeanduser_codein the responseuser_codeYOUR_DEVICE_CODEwith thedevice_codeyou got in step 2):access_tokenin the response (gho_...). Paste it in VSCodium when the Copilot extension requires authorization.Possible paths for the
product.json:/opt/vscodium-bin/resources/app/product.json/usr/share/codium/resources/app/product.json/Applications/VSCodium.app/Contents/Resources/app//snap/codium/current/usr/share/codium/resources/app/product.jsonBeta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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