Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

Visual Studio Code redefines AI-powered coding with GitHub Copilot for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, macOS, and Windows.

March 2025 (version 1.99) - Visual Studio Code

Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2025 Release (1.99)

Visual Studio Code documentation search

Search Visual Studio Code's documentation.'Try MCP servers to extend agent mode in VS Code!

GitHub Copilot in VS Code

Copilot is your AI pair programmer tool in Visual Studio Code. Get code suggestions as you type in the editor, or use natural language chat to ask about your code or start an editing session for implementing new feature and fixing bugs.

Visual Studio Code on Linux

Install additional components Install Git, Node.js, TypeScript, language runtimes, and more. Install VS Code extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace Customize VS Code with themes, formatters, language extensions and debuggers for your favorite languages, and more. Set up AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot

User and workspace settings - Visual Studio Code

User and workspace settings You can configure Visual Studio Code to your liking through its various settings. Nearly every part of VS Code's editor, user interface, and functional behavior has options you can modify. VS Code provides different scopes for settings: User settings - Settings that apply globally to any instance of VS Code you open. Workspace settings - Settings stored inside your ...

Programming Languages - Visual Studio Code

In Visual Studio Code we have support for all common languages including smart code completion and debugging.

Download Visual Studio Code Insiders

For early adopters, you can get the latest release of VS Code each day with the Insiders Build. Available on Mac, Linux and Windows.

Introductory Videos - Visual Studio Code

Introductory Videos Start your journey using Visual Studio Code with this set of introductory videos! These videos are designed to give you an overview of VS Code's various features and quickly get you familiar with them. If you prefer going through a step-by-step guide to discover the key features, check out the VS Code tutorial. Linux users: Make sure you have the correct multimedia codecs ...

Visual Studio Code on Windows

Windows Subsystem for Linux With WSL, you can install and run Linux distributions on Windows to develop and test your source code on Linux, while still working locally on your Windows machine. When coupled with the WSL extension, you get full VS Code editing and debugging support while running in the context of WSL. See the Developing in WSL documentation to learn more, or try the Working in ...