Visual Studio Codespaces Is Moving To Github • Exclusive Deal

The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired, and all remaining data was deleted. Major Differences and Improvements

GitHub Codespaces initially defaults to the light GitHub theme, whereas the original service used the VS Code "Dark+" default. Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub

The migration followed a phased decommissioning of the Azure-based service: The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired,

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

Current users were invited to join the GitHub Codespaces beta.