# microsoft/nodejstools

Node.js Tools for Visual Studio

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/nodejstools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nodejstools
Homepage: http://aka.ms/explorentvs
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T17:01:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4177, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1796, forks 354 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:37.578065+00:00)

## What it is
Node.js Tools for Visual Studio (NTVS) is a Microsoft-maintained extension that adds Node.js development support to Visual Studio. It provides the Node.js development workload for Visual Studio 2017 and 2019, including editing, IntelliSense, and debugging for JavaScript and Node.js projects.

## Use cases
- develop node.js apps inside visual studio
- debug node.js code in visual studio
- add node.js development workload to visual studio 2019
- intellisense for javascript in visual studio
- manage npm packages from visual studio

## When to choose
- you are a Windows developer already using Visual Studio
- you want integrated Node.js debugging and tooling in a full IDE
- you maintain legacy Visual Studio 2017/2019 Node.js projects

## When to avoid
- you use VS Code, which has first-class Node.js support
- you develop on macOS or Linux
- you need support for Visual Studio 2015 or earlier

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, editor
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, backend
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: visual-studio, nodejs, ide-extension, debugging, intellisense

## Member repositories
- microsoft/nodejstools (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.578065+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:22:49.831205+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/nodejstools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.578065+00:00, sha 06f0d2d886c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.