How to add an extension command line in VSCode open source (code-server)?

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I have installed code server on our lab server (so users can access it using just their browser), and then when I add users I was pre-installing for them a set of commonly used extensions with the code-server --install-extension xxx command.

After an update, such command doesn't work any more, it returns that the extension is not found. It is my understanding that the developers of the package that I use to install code-server, moved the repository to the Open VSX registry, but how do I tell code-server to lookup there the extension that I am trying to install? Can I specify the url of the registry in the call itself or in some setting ?

The VSCode brand/tag doesn’t cover forks, so you should use the code-server specific tags for clarity. “VSCode open source” is also a poor way to describe such forks. — Lex Li
– Lex Li, Commented Oct 8 at 15:31

Antonello · Accepted Answer · 2025-10-08 12:11:15Z

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This is due to a bug with somehow Apache interferring with the CLI code-server command:

https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues/7461

answered Oct 8 at 12:11

Antonello

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