Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code,[12] is a source-code editor made by Microsoft with the Electron Framework, for Windows, Linux and macOS.[13] Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git. Users can change the theme, keyboard shortcuts, preferences, and install extensions that add functionality.

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code starting screen with dark theme enabled on Windows 11
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	April 29, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-04-29)
Stable release	1.82.2[1]
Preview release	1.81-insiders[2]  / 14 July 2023
Repository	github.com/microsoft/vscode
Written in	TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS[3]
Operating system	Windows 10 or later, OS X 10.11 or later, Linux
Platform	IA-32, x86-64, ARM64
Size	Windows: 40.8–68.3 MB Linux: 46.5–66.6 MB macOS: 67.5 MB
Available in	14 languages
List of languages English (US), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Turkish[4]
Type	Source code editor
License	Code - OSS:[lower-alpha 1] MIT License[6] VS Code:[lower-alpha 2] Proprietary software[7][8][9] VSCodium:[lower-alpha 3] MIT License[11]
Website	code.visualstudio.com

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. It increased its use among those learning to code versus those developing as a profession (78% vs. 74%).[14]