# \[SOLVED\] - vscodium tidalcycles plugin

**URL:** <https://uzu.lurk.org/t/solved-vscodium-tidalcycles-plugin/6069>\
**Category:** TidalCycles\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [4 February 2026 12:52 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/solved-vscodium-tidalcycles-plugin/6069 "2026-02-04T12:52:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaosbeat](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/kaosbeat/32/2343_2.png) [@kaosbeat](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/kaosbeat)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2026 12:52 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/solved-vscodium-tidalcycles-plugin/6069/1 "2026-02-04T12:52:51Z")

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Hi,

I switched to VSCodium, the VSCode withouth microsoft telemetry etc. I tried installing Tidalcycles and it is simply not available in the marketplace for codium. nn  
It is fairly simple however to package the github package for the VScode plugin, and install it in Codium. I tested it, and it works.

If you want to do this, you'll need npm/nodejs

1. download the vscode [tidalcycles extension source code](https://github.com/tidalcycles/vscode-tidalcycles) (either git clone, or download zip, which you'll need to unzip)
2. install npm if not installed ( `curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash`
3. `nvm install 24` (or whatever version seems ok `nvm ls-remote`)
4. cd into the directory, run `npm install`
5. install vsce `npm install -g @vscode/vsce` The VScode exsention packaging tools
6. run `vsce package` in the tidalcycles extension directory
7. run `codium --install-extension vscode-tidalcycles-1.4.0.vsix` or whatever file vsce created

Done!