Extension cannot be downloaded from the Marketplace

[fph]

The Readme file claims that

You can install the extension from within Visual Studio Code or download it from Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

However, Microsoft has removed all options to download .vsix files from the Visual Studio Marketplace (as discussed for instance here and here), so the second alternative no longer works.

A possible workaround would be publishing the extension on https://open-vsx.org/ (as already suggested in #19 and #64), as this alternative marketplace still allows direct downloads.

[hamidingit]

Thanks for reporting this issue to us!
As you said, this seems to be a new policy change by Microsoft.

We are interested in learning more from your workflow (and others similar to you). Can you share more why this functionality was important to you and describe your IDE?

[fph]

Open-vsx is used most notably with VSCodium, a fully open source binary build of VS Code (a bit like what Chromium does for Google Chrome). You can learn more about the project on their web page.

Microsoft forbids products different from the official build of VS Code from using their store, so an alternative store is needed for users of alternative builds.

[Tuebel]

In addition, the wave of "AI Editors" like Cursor, Windsurf, etc. are all based on VSCodium and also don't have access to the Microsoft Marketplace. The only way to install the extension would be building it manually.

[yanndebray]

Cursor does have access to the Microsoft Marketplace.
I certainly hope this will keep on working

[fph]

Cursor does have access to the Microsoft Marketplace. I certainly hope this will keep on working

They may have access for now in practice, but that's against the Microsoft terms of service, and it is not guaranteed to work in the future. It would be great to have the Matlab extension available also from a source that does not impose restrictions and is more open source-friendly.