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VS Code

★★★★★ 4.8 (60,000 reviews)
Community Cross Platform Free Tier Integrations Open Source
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Overview

A free open-source code editor from Microsoft with extensive language support, debugging, and a massive extension marketplace.

Key Features

  • IntelliSense
  • Debugging
  • Git integration
  • Extensions marketplace
  • Terminal
  • Remote development
  • Jupyter notebooks
  • Live Share

Pros

  • Completely free
  • Huge extension ecosystem
  • Lightweight yet powerful
  • Cross-platform

Cons

  • Can become slow with extensions
  • Electron-based resource usage
  • Not a full IDE
  • Microsoft telemetry

VS Code Pricing Plans

Free

$0

  • ✓ all features
  • ✓ unlimited extensions

Company Info

Founded2015
HeadquartersRedmond, WA

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