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Visual Studio Code

The open source AI code editor

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What is Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code is an open source, AI-powered code editor designed for multi-agent development, with integrated terminal, debugging, testing, and source control.

Independently observed

Visual Studio Code pricing

We don't have Visual Studio Code's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

What Visual Studio Code does

The capabilities that matter for ides & code editors, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Type
Full IDE
Language scope
Polyglot
Deployment
Deployment
Both
Platform support
OS support
Windows, macOS, Linux
Base platform
Original
Extensibility
Extensibility
Extension marketplace
DX
LSP / DAP support
✓
Remote / dev-containers
✓
Integrated debugger / profiler
✓
Code intelligence depth
IDE-grade
Built-in git integration
✓
AI
Built-in AI
Native
Licensing
Openness
Open-source
Pricing
Pricing model
Free
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • macOS
  • Web
  • Linux
  • Windows
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (2)

Independently observed
  • GitHub
  • MCP

Visual Studio Code alternatives

Other ides & code editors we track, ranked by the same independent score.

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Visual Studio Code, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 67 / 100
low · 33%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities6732.002147.8✓
Pricing Transparency8016.001280.0✓
Github Activity6318.001135.8✓
Price Level10010.001000.0✓
Release Cadence9710.00966.7✓
Github Stars1005.00497.5✓
Integrations1418.00247.0✓
Reliability012.000.0-
Security Posture012.000.0-
Package Downloads026.000.0-
Stackoverflow Activity012.000.0-

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All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars188,093highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"type":"full_ide","lsp_dap":true,"builtin_ai":"native","deployment":"both","os_support":"Windows, macOS, Linux","remote_dev":true,"open_source":"oss","base_platform":"original","extensibility":"marketplace","pricing_model":"free","language_scope":"polyglot","git_integration":true,"code_intelligence":"ide_grade","integrated_debugger":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count2mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryTypeScripthighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-08-01 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-01 · 40%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days6mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%