Package Details: code-translucent 1.119.0-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/code-translucent.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: code-translucent
Description: The Open Source build of Visual Studio Code (vscode) editor with translucent window, official marketplace, unblocked proprietary features and wayland support!
Upstream URL: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
Keywords: code code-oss translucent transparent visual-studio-code vscode
Licenses: MIT
Conflicts: code-oss
Provides: code-oss
Submitter: observ33r
Maintainer: Kaydax
Last Packager: Kaydax
Votes: 10
Popularity: 1.00
First Submitted: 2022-09-18 16:29 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-09 08:26 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

observ33r commented on 2022-09-18 17:36 (UTC) (edited on 2023-05-08 05:36 (UTC) by observ33r)

  • Completely rewritten patch with correct implementation of transparency for electron window!
  • It actually running from compiled binaries! No need for electron dependency!
  • No conflicting with official release! You can have installed both!
  • Added support for official marketplace!
  • Added support for flags configuration file!
  • Added support for Wayland!
  • Unblocked proprietary features!
How to change window color?
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    //Black window color with 75% transparency (#RRGGBBAA)
    "window.background": "#000000BF"
},

..assuming you have a customized theme with all other transparent elements!

Building within clean chroot!

You can build package in completely clean environment without conflicting with any local dependencies (latest nodejs package etc..)!

Execute the following commands inside the package directory:

yes | sudo pacman -S devtools
extra-x86_64-build -c && rm *.log
mapfile -t _pkgs <<< "$(printf '%s\n' code-translucent-*.pkg.tar.zst | sort -Vr)"
sudo pacman -U "${_pkgs[0]}"

..or just run "build-with-chroot.sh" script!

Latest Comments

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Kaydax commented on 2026-05-10 23:36 (UTC)

@Ry2X should be fixed as of the latest update

Ry2X commented on 2026-04-28 02:26 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-28 22:08 (UTC) by Ry2X) 

[02:19:01] Finished clean-vscode-linux-x64 after 1 ms
[02:19:01] Starting package-linux-x64 ...
GET /repos/Microsoft/vscode-electron-prebuilt/releases/tags/v39.8.7-13841579 - 404 with id AD40:349325:172ECB8:1A51782:69F01915 in 1681ms
[02:19:06] 'vscode-linux-x64-min' errored after 1.68 min
[02:19:06] HttpError: Not Found - https://docs.github.com/rest/releases/releases#get-a-release-by-tag-name
    at fetchWrapper (file:///build/code-translucent/src/code-translucent/node_modules/@octokit/request/dist-bundle/index.js:122:11)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)
    at async getDownloadUrl (/build/code-translucent/src/code-translucent/node_modules/@vscode/gulp-electron/src/download.js:23:29)
    at async download (/build/code-translucent/src/code-translucent/node_modules/@vscode/gulp-electron/src/download.js:122:17)
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Build failed, check /var/lib/archbuild/extra-x86_64/haku/build
Build failed with status code: 255!

I got this error on makepkg -si and clean chroot commands. I tried to edit product.json but it doesnt work. /vscode-electron-prebuilt is not public binary I remember.

I success to install it, just remove "electronRepository": "Microsoft/vscode-electron-prebuilt", and set "SKIP" to sha256 of product.json.

Kaydax commented on 2026-04-23 03:15 (UTC)

Should now be up to date with 1.117.0 with everything working.

Kaydax commented on 2026-03-20 21:45 (UTC)

Sorry for this being slightly out of date. Been busy with setting myself up on a new distro install. Hopefully I can get everything up to date soon

logmeow commented on 2026-02-26 04:25 (UTC)

It failed to build on my i7 12700K + 128 GB RAM machine:

[04:19:17] Starting compilation...
[04:20:17] 'vscode-linux-x64-min' errored after 1.2 min
[04:20:17] Error [ERR_WORKER_OUT_OF_MEMORY]: Worker terminated due to reaching memory limit: JS heap out of memory
    at [kOnExit] (node:internal/worker:316:26)
    at Worker.<computed>.onexit (node:internal/worker:232:20)
    at Worker.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17)
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

While working on my i7 7700 + 16G RAM (+swap) machine... How can I fix it?

wilflinlinlinlin commented on 2026-02-22 08:32 (UTC)

@Kaydax it works now, I forgot to set the theme

Kaydax commented on 2026-02-16 06:51 (UTC)

@wilflinlinlinlin I was unable to reproduce your issue as transparency worked perfectly for me on Hyprland and using the exact command you gave. Is there an errors cropping up when using --verbose?

wilflinlinlinlin commented on 2026-02-15 02:46 (UTC)

Thanks for your work, however the transparency doesn't work on my system now. Hyprland, with start command /opt/code-translucent/code-oss --enable-gl --enable-transparent-visuals --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --ozone-platform=wayland

Kaydax commented on 2026-02-13 23:33 (UTC)

Since the original maintainer was MIA and the package was now over 9 months out of date, I took up the project and plan on keeping it as up to date as I can. I pushed my current changes to bump the version up to 1.108.2, and I plan on getting it up to 1.109.2 after I fix issues I'm having with it

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