Visual Studio Code
| Visual Studio Code | |
|---|---|
Logo used since May 2019 | |
Visual Studio Code starting screen with dark theme | |
| Original author(s) | Erich Gamma |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Initial release | April 29, 2015 |
| Stable release | |
| Preview release | 1.104.0-insiders[3]
/ 7 August 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS[4] |
| Operating system | Windows 10 or later, macOS 10.15 or later, Linux |
| Platform | x86-64, ARM32, ARM64 |
| Size |
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| Available in | 15 languages |
List of languages English (US), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Hungarian, Turkish, Polish, Czech[5] | |
| Type | Integrated development environment |
| License | Proprietary freeware[6][7] based on open-source project[8][9] |
| Website | code |
Visual Studio Code (VS Code)[10] is an extensible code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers.[11][12] Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded version control with Git. Users can change the theme, keyboard shortcuts and preferences, as well as install extensions that add functionality.
Visual Studio Code is proprietary software released under the "Microsoft Software License",[7] but based on the MIT licensed program named "Visual Studio Code – Open Source" (also known as "Code – OSS"), also created by Microsoft and available through GitHub.[13]
In the 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, out of 58,121 responses, 73.6% of respondents reported using Visual Studio Code, more than twice the percentage of respondents who reported using its nearest alternative, Visual Studio.[14]
- ^ "August 2025 Recovery 2". Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "August 2025 (version 1.104)". Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/vscode-insiders.install/1.104.0.20250807. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
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- ^ "Download Visual Studio Code". Visual Studio Code. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Microsoft Software License Terms". Visual Studio Code. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (April 29, 2015). "Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, A Free Cross-Platform Code Editor For OS X, Linux And Windows". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ Devine, Richard (22 December 2022). "How to use Visual Studio Code in a web browser". Windows Central. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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built on top of OSSwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Stack Overflow (2024). "Technology | 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey". stackoverflow.co. Stack Overflow. Retrieved 2025-01-04.