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
The original Azure offering allowed for more granular manual control over instance sizes at creation, a feature that was later streamlined in the GitHub implementation . How to Migrate Code Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub
Users can now launch environments directly from a GitHub repository's "Code" button instead of managing separate Azure plans and subscriptions. How to Migrate Code Users can now launch
GitHub Codespaces initially defaults to the light GitHub theme, whereas the original service used the VS Code "Dark+" default. Visual Studio Codespaces officially retired on
While both services share the same underlying technology—VS Code running on Linux—the move to GitHub introduced several shifts: