Visual Studio Codespaces Is Moving To Github [ 2026 ]

The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired, and all remaining data was deleted. Major Differences and Improvements

While both services share the same underlying technology—VS Code running on Linux—the move to GitHub introduced several shifts: Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub

GitHub Codespaces initially defaults to the light GitHub theme, whereas the original service used the VS Code "Dark+" default. The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired,

The service became read-only; users could no longer create new plans or codespaces. Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub

Visual Studio Codespaces officially retired on , consolidating its features into GitHub Codespaces . Microsoft made this move to simplify the developer experience by providing a native, "one-click" workflow directly within the GitHub platform where most code already resides. Key Transition Timeline