Install VSCodium on Nintendo Switch

VSCodium

Visual Studio Code builds without the telemetry and tracking.
Microsoft's vscode source code is open source (MIT-licensed), but the product available for download (Visual Studio Code) is licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contains telemetry/tracking.

To run: Menu -> Programming -> VSCodium
To run: codium

Fortunately, VSCodium is very easy to install on your Nintendo Switch in just two steps.

  1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Nintendo Switch.
  2. Use Pi-Apps to install VSCodium.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Noble, which is currently version 5.1.2 Ubuntu Noble.
VSCodium will run on L4T Ubuntu ARM64.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Nintendo Switch with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install VSCodium

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install VSCodium.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the Programming category.

Now scroll down to find VSCodium in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install VSCodium for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io