Alternatives

Products that do what Chat for VSCode does

Chat with your Slack and Discord teams from within VS Code

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vsChat▲117
Chat with developers around the world using VSCode
2020
2
Rubberduck▲150
ChatGPT for Visual Studio code
2023
3
Visual Studio Code 1.0▲307
Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers
2016
4
TextBin▲104
A privacy focused open source alternative to paste bin
2024
5
xs:code Aces for VSCode▲108
Instant chat support from ace developers directly in VSCode
2021
6
Slack Theme for VSCode▲104
Theme your VSCode like Slack
2021
7
VS Code Stories▲308
Instagram-style Stories for VS Code
2020
8
VS Code DMs▲81
Direct Messages for Visual Studio Code
2020
9
Many to Slack▲182
A public chat room fully integrated into Slack
2017
10
Mio▲216
Powering seamless communication between workplace chat apps.
2018
11
VSCode Notion▲292
Notion, right inside your favorite code editor
2021
12
Voice Assistant for Visual Studio Code▲117
Put code snippets into the code by voice
2021
13
Ask Ellie▲173
Turn Slack messages into GitHub, Jira, or Linear tickets
Feb 2026
14
Glitch for VS Code▲129
Collaborate on code & deploy instantly on Glitch from VSCode
2019
15
MUI for VS Code▲203
Ask questions to the MUI docs straight from VS Code
2024
16
Teamchatviz▲80
Visualize how your team communicates on Slack
2016
17
VirtualCoffee▲218
Introduce teammates, break the ice, & socialize inside Slack
2022
18
OpenVSCode Server▲143
VS Code in the browser for everyone
2021
19
Visual Studio Online▲243
Visual studio for web is now open for everyone
2019
20
CodeSpeak▲74
Live Chat in GitHub Repos
2014
21
GitLab Workflow▲134
VSCode extension for GitLab
2018
22
Cosine VS Code Extension▲128
The AI teammate for your editor
Oct 2025
23
Code Spoonfeeder▲129
Spoonfeed your entire code to Chat GPT
2024
24
Hyphen▲128
Chat with teams outside your company
2017

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