What each one says about the other
These sentences were written about each tool on its own, before this page existed, and each names the other tool by name. They are quoted, not composed.
Google Antigravity on Visual Studio Code · not for
An enterprise should not standardise on the Antigravity IDE: Gemini Enterprise supports Antigravity 2.0, the CLI and the IDE extensions, of which Visual Studio Code is the first, and excludes the standalone IDE.
“Enterprise integration is supported for Antigravity 2.0, Antigravity CLI, and Antigravity IDE Extensions. Antigravity IDE (standalone) is currently not supported for enterprise deployments.”
Google Antigravity on Visual Studio Code · best for
Run Antigravity without leaving Visual Studio Code: Google's own extension puts agent chat, inline diff review and interactive plans into VS Code side panels, and installs a local `agy` backend service the first time you launch it.
“The Antigravity for Visual Studio Code extension brings the full agentic capabilities of Google Antigravity into VS Code. Converse with agents in dedicated side panels, review granular inline diffs, inspect interactive plans, and execute multi-step engineering tasks without leaving your editor.”
Visual Studio Code on Google Antigravity · best for
Add Google Antigravity to the editor you already have instead of switching to its IDE: the extension installs its own local `agy` backend service on first launch.
“Click the Antigravity icon in the Activity Bar to sign in and begin setup. The extension automatically installs the local agy backend service on first launch.”
Google Antigravity and Visual Studio Code, fact by fact
| Fact | Google Antigravity | Visual Studio Code |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | not tracked for Google Antigravity | 193,660Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Newest commit | not tracked for Google Antigravity | 8 Oct 20260 days old when we read itVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Contributors | not tracked for Google Antigravity | 314Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| License | not tracked for Google Antigravity | MITVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Latest stable release | not tracked for Google Antigravity | 1.141.0published 7 Oct 2026Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Homebrew installs | not tracked for Google Antigravity | 21,088 in 30 daysvisual-studio-codeVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Repository | not tracked for Google Antigravity | microsoft/vscodeTypeScriptVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
What we know about Google Antigravity
Google Antigravity is a platform rather than an editor: its IDE extensions put the same agent — side-panel chat, inline diff review and interactive plans — inside the editor you already use, so adopting Antigravity does not require adopting its IDE.
“Antigravity IDE Extensions bring Google’s agentic development platform directly into your favorite editor. Without switching your development environment, you can converse with agents in dedicated side panels, review granular inline diffs, inspect interactive plans, and execute multi-step enginee…”
Run Antigravity without leaving Visual Studio Code: Google's own extension puts agent chat, inline diff review and interactive plans into VS Code side panels, and installs a local `agy` backend service the first time you launch it.
“The Antigravity for Visual Studio Code extension brings the full agentic capabilities of Google Antigravity into VS Code. Converse with agents in dedicated side panels, review granular inline diffs, inspect interactive plans, and execute multi-step engineering tasks without leaving your editor.”
Start a long refactor at the desk and steer it from a phone: Remote Control drives the Antigravity 2.0 session running on your own machine from any web browser.
“Antigravity Remote Control allows you to securely connect to and drive your Antigravity 2.0 desktop sessions running across your machines from any web browser.”
Put Gemini, Claude and an open-weights model on the same task without paying three vendors: the $0 tier lists Claude Sonnet & Opus 4.6 and gpt-oss-120b beside Gemini 3.1 Pro.
“Agent model: access to Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Claude Sonnet & Opus 4.6, gpt-oss-120b”
You cannot point Antigravity at a model key you already hold: the plans page states there is no bring-your-own-key or bring-your-own-endpoint path, so the quota Google grants you is your only supply.
“There is currently no support for: · Bring-your-own-key or bring-your-own-endpoint for additional rate limits · Organizational tiers via contract”
The Antigravity sign-in works in Antigravity alone: reaching it from Claude Code, OpenCode or any other third-party client breaks the Terms of Service and can end the account.
“Using third party software, tools, or services to access Antigravity is a violation of our Terms of Service, and severely degrades the experience for legitimate product users. Such actions may be grounds for suspension or termination of your account.”
The CLI runs agent shell commands on the bare machine until you switch the sandbox on yourself, because `enableTerminalSandbox` ships set to false.
“enableTerminalSandbox (boolean, default: false): Restricts all local execution commands launched by agents to OS containment rings.”
An enterprise should not standardise on the Antigravity IDE: Gemini Enterprise supports Antigravity 2.0, the CLI and the IDE extensions, of which Visual Studio Code is the first, and excludes the standalone IDE.
“Enterprise integration is supported for Antigravity 2.0, Antigravity CLI, and Antigravity IDE Extensions. Antigravity IDE (standalone) is currently not supported for enterprise deployments.”
What Google Antigravity costs
Antigravity costs $0 a month for an individual, and the pricing page now labels that tier Generally Available rather than a preview.
“Generally Available For Individuals · $0/month · Experience Antigravity without a subscription plan”
Google publishes no request count for that $0 tier, and says why: the limit is set by spare capacity and tracks how much work the agent does, so a simple task buys more prompts than a hard one.
“The baseline rate limits are primarily determined to the degree we have capacity, and exist to prevent abuse. Under the hood, the rate limits are correlated with the amount of work done by the agent, which can differ from prompt to prompt. Thus, you may get many more prompts if your tasks are mor…”
Going over the free quota is not possible: only Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can spend purchased AI credits, billed at Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform consumption rates.
“Users on Google AI Pro or Ultra plans can utilize purchased AI credits (or any one-time promotional credits) for additional overage usage above the baseline provided quota. AI credits are consumed at standard Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform consumption pricing.”
What we know about Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is the host, not the agent: one Session Target control switches a session between five harnesses — Local, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI Codex and Cloud — so the editor stays fixed while the agent behind it changes.
“Visual Studio Code supports multiple agent harnesses: Local, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI Codex, and Cloud. An agent harness coordinates an agent session, including tool calls, context, and code changes. Use the Session Target control to choose a harness and where it runs.”
Run Anthropic's agent without installing a second product: the Claude harness is enabled by default and bills either through a GitHub Copilot subscription or through your own Anthropic key.
“Claude supports two authentication and billing options: · GitHub Copilot subscription: sign in to GitHub to use Copilot-routed models. Usage is billed through your Copilot subscription. · Anthropic credentials: use an Anthropic API key or Claude Code OAuth token. Usage is billed by Anthropic.”
Add Google Antigravity to the editor you already have instead of switching to its IDE: the extension installs its own local `agy` backend service on first launch.
“Click the Antigravity icon in the Activity Bar to sign in and begin setup. The extension automatically installs the local agy backend service on first launch.”
Keep the editor and switch the AI off: the `chat.disableAIFeatures` setting hides chat and inline suggestions and disables the Copilot extensions, per workspace or per user.
“This disables and hides features like chat or inline suggestions in VS Code and disables the Copilot extensions. You can configure the setting at the workspace or user level.”
The app you download is not the MIT repository: Microsoft ships Visual Studio Code as a licensed distribution of the open-source Code - OSS tree, and says the product is built on open source rather than being open source.
“Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a Microsoft licensed distribution of 'Code - OSS' that includes Microsoft proprietary assets (such as icons) and features (Visual Studio Marketplace integration, small aspects of enabling Remote Development). While these additions make up a very small percentage of…”
The extension library is licensed to Microsoft's own products, so a fork of Code - OSS cannot legally carry Microsoft extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
“No. While the source code for an extension from Microsoft may be open source, we do not license extensions from Microsoft or its affiliates that are published to and acquired from the Visual Studio Marketplace for use outside of the Visual Studio family of products: Microsoft Visual Studio, Visua…”
The local agent harness still runs unsandboxed for everybody: Microsoft took sandboxing to 50% of users, then set the default rollout back to 0% in the 1.135 release.
“We previously rolled out sandboxing to 50% of users to validate it on a larger scale and in real-world use cases. While we didn't identify a specific blocking issue, continuing the rollout would likely require more support and follow-up work at a time when we want to preserve focus on higher-prio…”
A team that needs the agent confined before its first run should pick Codex CLI: in VS Code a Git worktree separates the files and nothing else.
“Worktree isolation does not restrict commands, network access, or access outside the worktree.”
What Visual Studio Code costs
Visual Studio Code itself is free for private and commercial work, and the product licence allows any number of copies inside a company network.
“You may use any number of copies of the software to develop and test your applications, including deployment within your internal corporate network.”
The editor is free but the agents are not: reaching the Claude Code and Codex harnesses through a Copilot subscription starts at Copilot Pro, $10 per user a month.
“Pro · For everyday coding with agents in GitHub Copilot. · $10 USD per user / month · Get started · Everything in Free and: · Access to Cloud agent and code review · Unlimited code completion and next edit suggestions · Access to 3rd party agents (Claude Code and Codex)”
There is a $0 Copilot tier under it, capped at 2,000 completions a month and a smaller model list.
“Free · For getting started with GitHub Copilot. · $0 USD · Get started Open in VS Code · What's included: · 2,000 completions per month · Access to Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini, and more”
Full Visual Studio Code profile · Visit code.visualstudio.com
Questions people ask
- Are Google Antigravity and Visual Studio Code still maintained?
- Google Antigravity has no repository we track. Visual Studio Code committed to microsoft/vscode (main) on 8 Oct 2026. Both readings come from the default branch of each repository, on the date shown beside them.
- What do Google Antigravity and Visual Studio Code cost?
- Google Antigravity: Antigravity costs $0 a month for an individual, and the pricing page now labels that tier Generally Available rather than a preview. Google publishes no request count for that $0 tier, and says why: the limit is set by spare capacity and tracks how much work the agent does, so a simple task buys more prompts than a hard one. Going over the free quota is not possible: only Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can spend purchased AI credits, billed at Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform consumption rates. Visual Studio Code: Visual Studio Code itself is free for private and commercial work, and the product licence allows any number of copies inside a company network. The editor is free but the agents are not: reaching the Claude Code and Codex harnesses through a Copilot subscription starts at Copilot Pro, $10 per user a month. There is a $0 Copilot tier under it, capped at 2,000 completions a month and a smaller model list. Every figure here is quoted from the vendor's own page and linked beside the claim.
- Is Google Antigravity or Visual Studio Code open source?
- We have not read a licence for Google Antigravity. Visual Studio Code's repository microsoft/vscode reports the MIT licence. We read the licence GitHub reports for the repository, which is not the same question as whether the hosted product is free.
How we check this page
- Machine facts. Stars, contributors, the newest commit on the default branch, the licence GitHub reports and the latest stable release come from the GitHub API, and download counts from npm, PyPI, Homebrew and the VS Code Marketplace. Each value carries the day it was last confirmed, never the day this page was built. The line under each label is arithmetic on those two values.
- Judgments. Every claim about what a tool suits, what it is bad at and what it costs is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where there is no link, we wrote no claim.
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