@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ Service](https://cdn.vsassets.io/v/M146_20190123.39/_content/Microsoft-Visual-St
101101> Visual Studio Products and Services.
102102
103103Because of this, we can't offer any extensions on Microsoft's marketplace.
104- Instead, we've created a marketplace offering open-source extensions. The
105- marketplace works by scraping GitHub for VS Code extensions and building them.
104+ Instead, we use the [Open-VSX extension gallery](https://open-vsx.org), which is also used by various other forks.
105+ It isn't perfect, but its getting better by the day with more and more extensions.
106+
107+ We also offer our own marketplace for open source extensions, but plan to
108+ deprecate it at a future date and completely migrate to Open-VSX.
106109
107110These are the closed-source extensions that are presently unavailable :
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@@ -118,15 +121,8 @@ For more about the closed source portions of VS Code, see [vscodium/vscodium](ht
118121
119122# # How can I request an extension that's missing from the marketplace?
120123
121- We are in the process of transitioning to [Open VSX](https://open-vsx.org/).
122- Once we've [implemented Open
123- VSX](https://github.com/eclipse/openvsx/issues/249), we can finalize this
124- transition. As such, we are not currently accepting new extension requests.
125-
126- In the meantime, we suggest :
127-
128- - [Switching to Open VSX](#how-do-i-configure-the-marketplace-url) now
129- - Downloading and [installing the extension manually](#installing-an-extension-manually)
124+ To add an extension to Open-VSX, please see [open-vsx/publish-extensions](https://github.com/open-vsx/publish-extensions).
125+ We no longer plan to add new extensions to our legacy extension gallery.
130126
131127# # How do I install an extension?
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@@ -159,20 +155,19 @@ You can also download extensions using the command line. For instance,
159155downloading from OpenVSX can be done like this :
160156
161157` ` ` shell
162- SERVICE_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/gallery ITEM_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/item code-server --install-extension <extension id>
158+ code-server --install-extension <extension id>
163159` ` `
164160
165161# # How do I use my own extensions marketplace?
166162
167163If you own a marketplace that implements the VS Code Extension Gallery API, you
168- can point code-server to it by setting `$SERVICE_URL` and `$ITEM_URL`. These correspond directly
169- to `serviceUrl` and `itemUrl` in VS Code's `product.json`.
164+ can point code-server to it by setting `$EXTENSIONS_GALLERY`.
165+ This corresponds directly with the `extensionsGallery` entry in in VS Code's `product.json`.
170166
171- For example, to use [open-vsx.org](https://open-vsx.org), run :
167+ For example, to use the legacy Coder extensions marketplace :
172168
173169` ` ` bash
174- export SERVICE_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/gallery
175- export ITEM_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/item
170+ export EXTENSIONS_GALLERY='{"serviceUrl": "https://extensions.coder.com/api"}'
176171` ` `
177172
178173Though you can technically use Microsoft's marketplace in this manner, we
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