Visual Studio Codespaces Is Moving To Github Direct

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

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 Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub

Because environments were not automatically transferred, developers had to manually move their work: Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub