The migration followed a phased decommissioning of the Azure-based service:
Users can now launch environments directly from a GitHub repository's "Code" button instead of managing separate Azure plans and subscriptions. Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub
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 The migration followed a phased decommissioning of the
The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired, and all remaining data was deleted. Major Differences and Improvements Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub
Current users were invited to join the GitHub Codespaces beta.
Because environments were not automatically transferred, developers had to manually move their work:
While both services share the same underlying technology—VS Code running on Linux—the move to GitHub introduced several shifts:
