VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot • Hacker News Board

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by nerdjon » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 12:55 PM UTC

I wonder if this will also impact VSCodium. I use it specifically to avoid a lot of the crap that Microsoft is trying to do while still being able to use the editor and plugins.

They have not released 1.107 yet, doing a quick scan I am not seeing anything on the VSCodium github.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by alecsm » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 12:56 PM UTC

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #16

Can anyone clearly and lucidly explain why they think this is a bad thing?

Are you asking why is it bad that MS disables a plugin you're using to shove down your throat a paying alternative?

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by zhisme » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 12:56 PM UTC

Great there are other true open-source tools to be used zed, nvim.

I also noticed that copilot nowadays is forcing you to upgrade to their with following text:

"You've reached your monthly code completion limit. Upgrade your plan to Copilot Pro (30-day Free Trial) or wait until 2025-12-19 for your limit to reset to continue coding with GitHub Copilot"

Was using it actually like smarter auto-completion. But paying for that, hell no.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by uallo » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 12:57 PM UTC

nl wrote: post #6

Is IntelliCode the same as Intelisense (the non-AI based suggestions thing)?

No, IntelliCode is an extension:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualSt...

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by ErroneousBosh » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 12:59 PM UTC

alecsm wrote: post #22

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #16

Can anyone clearly and lucidly explain why they think this is a bad thing?

Are you asking why is it bad that MS disables a plugin you're using to shove down your throat a paying alternative?

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Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by arijun » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 1:01 PM UTC

dijit wrote: post #15

rob74 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If anyone else would be generous enough to offer a free IDE with free AI code completion, they could give VS Code a run for its money, but as far as I know this hasn't happened yet? Zed for instance is available for free, very AI-centric, and you can use it with any of the popular LLMs, but you still have to pay for the LLM...

Bring your own AI token is totally fair, given the cost of AI. The annoying thing is removing a perfectly working intellisense default. If Jetbrains removes their on-device (non-AI) code indexer and suggestion systems then I will no longer be a paying customer for example. Despite being a All Products Pack user for the last... idk, 15 years?

Intellicode is being removed, not intellisense. Intellicode seems to have been a (free) version of copilot using local models.

Intellisense, which is an “on-device (non-AI) code indexer and suggestion system,” is still in place.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by Surac » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 1:06 PM UTC

can anyone recomend a alternative that is easy to install and also offers syntax highlighting? i have read about lazyvim and neovim, but both have extensive install requirments as i have read

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by haar » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 1:10 PM UTC

Surac wrote: post #27

can anyone recomend a alternative that is easy to install and also offers syntax highlighting? i have read about lazyvim and neovim, but both have extensive install requirments as i have read

LazyVim is about as easy as it gets in the Vim space for a fully-fledged (but customizable) editor.

https://www.lazyvim.org/installation

Then run `LazyExtras` and you get a prompt that shows things like:

  Recommended Languages: (2)
    ○ lang.docker    mason.nvim  nvim-lspconfig  nvim-treesitter  none-ls.nvim  nvim-lint
    ○ lang.toml    nvim-lspconfig

Hit x against a couple and you're off to the races.

[lang.docker and lang.toml are examples of things you're selecting, the list after is what is being installed and configured for that thing]

For things like integrating a debugger, or to run your tests directly inline from the editor might require more customisation though.

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by tytho » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 1:12 PM UTC

Surac wrote: post #27

can anyone recomend a alternative that is easy to install and also offers syntax highlighting? i have read about lazyvim and neovim, but both have extensive install requirments as i have read

I’ve been using Zed [1] for some time now. They are also pretty AI focused so it may only be a matter of time, but so far I’ve been able to disable all of the AI interactions.

[1] https://zed.dev/

Re: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot

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Post by ToucanLoucan » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 1:12 PM UTC

Surac wrote: post #27

can anyone recomend a alternative that is easy to install and also offers syntax highlighting? i have read about lazyvim and neovim, but both have extensive install requirments as i have read

VSCodium has been my go-to. VS Code was great for a bit but (even long before this) it was already suffering from the cancer that is "being a microsoft product" and it was being bloated to death like everything else they ship, but VSCodium seems to keep enough distance to be immune. Will it stay that way? Who's to say. I hope so though.