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FAQ: Explain differences compared to Theia 

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- [How can I reuse my VS Code configuration?](#how-can-i-reuse-my-vs-code-configuration)
- [Differences compared to VS Code?](#differences-compared-to-vs-code)
- [How can I request a missing extension?](#how-can-i-request-a-missing-extension)
- [How do I configure the marketplace URL?](#how-do-i-configure-the-marketplace-url)
- [Where are extensions stored?](#where-are-extensions-stored)
- [How is this different from VS Code Codespaces?](#how-is-this-different-from-vs-code-codespaces)
- [How should I expose code-server to the internet?](#how-should-i-expose-code-server-to-the-internet)
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- [Blank screen on iPad?](#blank-screen-on-ipad)
- [Isn't an install script piped into sh insecure?](#isnt-an-install-script-piped-into-sh-insecure)
- [How do I make my keyboard shortcuts work?](#how-do-i-make-my-keyboard-shortcuts-work)
- [Differences compared to Theia?](#differences-compared-to-theia)
- [Enterprise](#enterprise)
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to `serviceUrl` and `itemUrl` in VS Code's `product.json`.
While you can technically use Microsoft's marketplace with these, please do not do so as it
is against their terms of use. These variables are most valuable to our enterprise customers
for whom we have a self hosted enterprise marketplace product.
is against their terms of use. See [above](#differences-compared-to-vs-code). These variables
are most valuable to our enterprise customers for whom we have a self hosted marketplace product.
## Where are extensions stored?
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For other browsers you'll have to remap keybindings unfortunately.
## Differences compared to Theia?
[Theia](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia) is a browser IDE loosely based on VS Code. It uses the same
text editor library named [Monaco](https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor) and the same
extension API but everything else is very different. It also uses [open-vsx.org](https://open-vsx.org)
for extensions which has an order of magnitude less extensions than our marketplace.
See [#1473](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1473).
You can't just use your VS Code config in Theia like you can with code-server.
To summarize, code-server is a patched fork of VS Code to run in the browser whereas
Theia takes some parts of VS Code but is an entirely different editor.
## Enterprise
Visit [our enterprise page](https://coder.com) for more information about our