Visual Studio Code

Not to be confused with Visual Studio.
Visual Studio Code
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseApril 29, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-29)
Stable release
1.93.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 5 September 2024
Preview release
1.93-insiders[2] Edit this on Wikidata
Repository
Written inTypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS[3]
Operating systemWindows 10 or later, macOS 10.15 or later, Linux
Platformx86-64, ARM32, ARM64
Size
  • Windows: 93–97 MB
  • Linux: 89–137 MB
  • macOS: 127–217 MB
Available in15 languages
List of languages
English (US), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Hungarian, Turkish, Polish, Czech[4]
TypeIntegrated development environment
License Proprietary freeware[5][6] based on open-source project[7][8]
Websitecode.visualstudio.com Edit this on Wikidata

Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code,[9] is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers.[10][11] 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, preferences, and install extensions that add functionality.

Visual Studio Code is a proprietary software released under the "Microsoft Software License",[6] 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.[12]

In the Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey, Visual Studio Code was ranked the most popular developer environment tool among 86,544 respondents, with 73.71% reporting that they use it. [13]

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  5. ^ "Download Visual Studio Code". Visual Studio Code. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Microsoft Software License Terms". Visual Studio Code. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. ^ "LICENSE.txt". github.com/Microsoft/vscode. Microsoft. 17 November 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ "The best parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary". Underjord. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  9. ^ Stanton, Lee (2021-08-17). "How to Run Code in VS Code". Alphr. Archived from the original on 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference built on top of OSS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023". Stack Overflow. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.