Why:
Microsoft don't allow other editors to use the Visual Studio Marketplace and its addons therefore forks like VSCodium, code-server, and even the default VS Code version provided by major distributions package managers is actually a fork of VS Code, since the binary releases of it aren't released under a free license.
Open-VSX was born to host plugins written in the VSX format that can be used by any IDE that uses that format, notably Theia IDE which powers GitPod and possibly others, plus the ones I mentioned above.
This means more people will be able to use your plugins on different platforms. ^^
Edit: yes we can download the VSX but it can get tiresome since there would be too many plugins to update and have to check for updates by visiting each plugin's page regularly
Any plans to publish your great addons to the the Open VSX Registery?
Why: Microsoft don't allow other editors to use the Visual Studio Marketplace and its addons therefore forks like VSCodium, code-server, and even the default VS Code version provided by major distributions package managers is actually a fork of VS Code, since the binary releases of it aren't released under a free license.
Open-VSX was born to host plugins written in the VSX format that can be used by any IDE that uses that format, notably Theia IDE which powers GitPod and possibly others, plus the ones I mentioned above.
This means more people will be able to use your plugins on different platforms. ^^
Edit: yes we can download the VSX but it can get tiresome since there would be too many plugins to update and have to check for updates by visiting each plugin's page regularly