Develop application on top of Visual Studio Code

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I would like to know if Visual Studio Code provides an API that help you develop a desktop application on top of it platform. The main idea is to do like in Eclipe RCP or IntelliJ Plateform.

I want to use the plugin system available in VS Code instead of developing my own plugin system. Any help, any link or any information will be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

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There are at least two ongoing projects that you can take inspiration from in this field:

  • https://theia-ide.org/ by Eclipse, which is an extensible platform to develop multi-language Cloud & Desktop IDEs. In the screenshots, you'll clearly distinguish the part coming from VSCode (like the Activity Bar) and custom ones, like the flexible layout system.

  • https://v2.onivim.io/ based on Vim but that should also leverage the VSCode plugins ecosystem according to the roadmap.

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