Zokugun

Zokugun is an independent open-source publisher that concentrates on crafting streamlined, privacy-oriented developer tools, with its entire catalog currently centered on MrCode—a custom build of VSCodium that also remains compatible with the standard Visual Studio Code ecosystem. By stripping out telemetry, proprietary branding, and Microsoft-controlled update channels while preserving the full extension marketplace and IntelliSense engine, MrCode targets coders who want the familiar editing, debugging, and Git workflow of VS Code without background data collection or license ambiguity. Typical use cases span front-end web development in JavaScript or TypeScript, Python data-science notebooks launched through the built-in Jupyter support, remote-container editing via the Dev Containers extension, lightweight C++ microcontroller projects, and collaborative Markdown documentation maintained through the Live Share add-on. The build ships with optimized settings for low memory footprint, optional portable mode for USB drives, and an update mechanism that pulls directly from the publisher’s own repository, giving enterprise teams a straightforward path to standardize on a single, auditable code editor across Windows, macOS, and Linux workstations. Zokugun’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the latest upstream version, and can be queued for batch installation alongside other applications.