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No external editors found. Install vs code? #24073

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Welcome @Vegasaan!

At this time GitHub Desktop only supports editors that have been specifically integrated into the application. You can find the details of how this works along with the supported editors here:

github.com

desktop/desktop/blob/be4534ca7079c671b4d1381af089a4ccbba98d27/docs/technical/editor-integration.md

# "Open External Editor" integration

GitHub Desktop supports the user choosing an external program to open their
local repositories, and this is available from the top-level Repository menu
or when right-clicking on a repository in the sidebar.

My favourite editor XYZ isn't supported!

This is the checklist of things that it needs to support:

  • the editor supports opening a …

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