Visual Studio Code
Microsoft's free, extensible editor that became the default for most developers. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- IDE
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Created by
- Erich Gamma
- First release
- 2015
- License
- MIT (Code - OSS)
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free
- Website
- https://code.visualstudio.com
- Kind
- Code editor
- Written in
- TypeScript (Electron)
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, web
- Extension ecosystem
- 5 of 5
- AI assistance
- Built in
- Language servers (LSP)
- Yes
- Remote development
- Yes
- Built-in debugger
- Yes
- Best for
- Almost any language
- Resource use
- Medium