Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free, open‑source code editor that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It supports a wide range of programming languages and provides built‑in features such as syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, debugging, and Git integration. The editor is designed to be extensible through a marketplace of plugins, allowing users to add language support, tooling, and custom workflows.

The product emphasizes AI‑assisted development, integrating GitHub Copilot for code suggestions and supporting multi‑agent workflows that can automate tasks across different models. Users can manage multiple development sessions in a single view and configure personal rules for how agents behave. Remote development capabilities let developers work on containers, virtual machines, or cloud environments directly from the editor.

Because it is open source, developers can inspect, modify, and contribute to the codebase. The stable release is fully customizable, supports extensions for technologies such as Python, C/C++, Jupyter, and Stripe, and offers a web version for coding without installing the desktop application.