SideX – A Tauri-based port of Visual Studio Code
A Tauri-based port of Visual Studio Code. Same architecture, native performance, fraction of the size.
Early Release — This project is in active development. Many features are not fully working yet. We're releasing early because a lot of people wanted to help build this out. If you're into open source and want to help make a lightweight, native code editor a reality, you're in the right place.
SideX is a 1:1 architectural port (HEAVILY STRIPPED) of VSCode that replaces Electron with Tauri (Rust backend + native webview). The entire VSCode workbench - editor, terminal, extensions, themes, keybindings — ported to run on a native shell.
This is an early release. Here's an honest look at where things stand:
We need help across the board. See Contributing below.
Building from source (not distributing pre-built binaries yet):