ByteDance, best known in the west for TikTok, has a new AI-infused code editor forked from Microsoft's Visual Studio Code.

Normally right now we'd be reporting on the May 2025 edition of Visual Studio Code, perhaps detailing the work to take GitHub Copilot Chat open source. However, Microsoft has extended the development ...

Kiro is a purpose-built environment that takes VS Code in a distinct, AWS-integrated direction. Cursor, likewise, uses VS Code OSS as a base but adds proprietary enhancements tied to specific models ...