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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code (commonly referred to as VS Code) is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers. 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…

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Available in
15 languages
Developer
Microsoft
License
Proprietary freeware based on open-source project
Operating system
Windows 10 or later, macOS 12 or later, Linux
Original author
Erich Gamma
Platform
x86-64, ARM32, ARM64

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Visual Studio Code

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples92
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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Visual Studio Code

Top relations

related to Code editor · 20
Visual Studio Code → Azure DevOps, Blink, Electron, Fortran, GitHub, Go, It, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Monaco, Node, Python, Rust, The, Visual Studio Online, Visual Studio Team Services, Web
related to Integrated terminal · 16
Visual Studio Code → Bash, Command Palette, Ctrl, Fish, Git Bash, It, PowerShell, Select Default Profilecommand, Terminal, This, Toggle Integrated Terminal, UI, Users, View, WSL, Zsh
related to history · 9
Visual Studio Code → April, Build, Code, GitHub, Microsoft, MIT License, On November, Open Source, OSS
related to Source control · 9
Visual Studio Code → Apache Subversion, Git, It, Microsoft, Perforce, Source, The, This, To
related to Remote development and web-based access · 8
Visual Studio Code → Containers, Remote, SSH, These, This, VS Code, Web, WSL
related to Reception · 6
Visual Studio Code → Developers Survey, In, Since, Stack Overflow Developer Survey, The, Two
Size · 3
Visual Studio Code → Linux: 108–145 MB, macOS: 147–247 MB, Windows: 104–110 MB
related to Command Palette · 3
Visual Studio Code → Command Palette, Many Visual Studio Code, The Command Palette
related to Extensibility and customization · 3
Visual Studio Code → Language Server Protocol, Users, VS Code Marketplace
Available in · 1
Visual Studio Code → 15 languages

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code visual studio users development languages extensions vs editor microsoft integrated support version also features source debugging github control environment

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Visual Studio CodeAvailable in15 languages1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeLicenseProprietary freeware based on open-source project1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeOperating systemWindows 10 or later, macOS 12 or later, Linux1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeOriginal authorErich Gamma1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodePlatformx86-64, ARM32, ARM641.00infobox
Visual Studio CodePreview release1.133.0-insiders / 10 August 2026; 14 days ago (10 August 2026)1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeReleaseApril 29, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-04-29)1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeRepositorygithub.com/microsoft/vscode1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeSizeWindows: 104–110 MB1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeSizeLinux: 108–145 MB1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeSizemacOS: 147–247 MB1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeStable release1.132.0 / 5 August 2026; 19 days ago (5 August 2026)1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeTypeIntegrated development environment1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeWebsitecode.visualstudio.com1.00infobox
Visual Studio CodeWritten inC++, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS1.00infobox

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