Visual Studio
Microsoft's full IDE for .NET and C++ on Windows, with a free Community edition. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- IDE
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Created by
- —
- First release
- 1997
- License
- Proprietary
- Open source
- No
- Pricing
- Free with paid plans
- Website
- https://visualstudio.microsoft.com
- Kind
- Full IDE
- Written in
- C++, C#
- Platforms
- Windows
- Extension ecosystem
- 4 of 5
- AI assistance
- Built in
- Language servers (LSP)
- Yes
- Remote development
- Yes
- Built-in debugger
- Yes
- Best for
- C#, C++, .NET
- Resource use
- Heavy