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    microsoft/vscode

    #90 this week

    Visual Studio Code

    developer-tools
    editor
    electron
    microsoft
    typescript
    visual-studio-code
    TypeScript
    MIT
    195.1K stars
    44.4K forks
    3.6K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 8, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #4 among Developer Tools repositories ranked this week, and #6 over the last 30 days; #90 of 170 repositories with measured growth this week (top 53%).

    This week's +614 stars is ahead of its 30-day pace of about +393 per week.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 314 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #13 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 7, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Visual Studio Code is a lightweight, extensible code editor supporting core edit-build-debug cycles for developers across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
    • Built with TypeScript and Electron, it features rich language support, debugging, and a vast ecosystem of extensions under an MIT license.
    • Strengths include monthly updates, strong community involvement, and Microsoft backing; limitations may include resource usage typical of Electron apps.
    • Organizations can integrate VS Code into development workflows for cross-platform coding, debugging, and collaboration with customizable extensions and Dev Containers.
    • Ideal for individual developers and teams needing a versatile, open-source editor with robust language features and active community support.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    This repository ("Code - OSS") is where we (Microsoft) develop the Visual Studio Code product together with the community. Not only do we work on code and issues here, we also publish our roadmap, monthly iteration plans, and our endgame plans. This source code is available to everyone under the standard MIT license.

    Visual Studio Code is a distribution of the Code - OSS repository with Microsoft-specific customizations released under a traditional Microsoft product license.

    Visual Studio Code combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle. It provides comprehensive code editing, navigation, and understanding support along with lightweight debugging, a rich extensibility model, and lightweight integration with existing tools.

    Visual Studio Code is updated monthly with new features and bug fixes. You can download it for Windows, macOS, and Linux on Visual Studio Code's website. To get the latest releases every day, install the Insiders build.

    Excerpt from the microsoft/vscode README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 1: +255Sep 14: +83Sep 15: +18Sep 16: +49Sep 17: +24Sep 18: -2Sep 27: +137Oct 2: +13Oct 3: +46Oct 4: +98Oct 5: +35Oct 6: +65Oct 7: +24Oct 8: -182Oct 9: +11Oct 10: +62Oct 11: +16Nov 8: +89

    +6,220 stars over 81 days across 27 snapshot days; best day +255 on Sep 1.

    Forks

    44.4K+2.7K

    Open issues

    21.8K+1.8K

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