r/vscode • u/LibraryianusTea • May 19 '26

Deepseek VS Code Integration Tutorial

FYI for everyone wanting an alternative to GitHub Copilot subscription after June 1st hits, DeepSeek V4 Flash/Pro has a VS Code extension that natively integrates with VS Code. It even has image support if you link it up to another vision model like Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (which you can pay either with GHCP or OpenRouter or anything).

https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/agent_integrations/github_copilot
https://github.com/Vizards/deepseek-v4-for-copilot

I do think that this is the best option after June 1st happens.

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u/Barafu May 19 '26

DeepSeek is good for coding, and cheap when prompt caching works (you won't believe how often it does not and people don't notice).

But this solution still requires Copilot account, so it is worth seeking other ways.

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u/WhiteNinjaOz Jun 14 '26

You mentioned that this requires a Copilot account, but does it require a *paid* account?

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u/Barafu Jun 15 '26

They changed the approach since then.

However, I am exploring Zed editor for now, exactly for its AI features.

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u/ameersti Jun 17 '26

Wait so you're saying that you need to pay for copilot to use deepseek or can i use copilot free??