# microsoft/PTVS

Python Tools for Visual Studio

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/PTVS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ptvs
Homepage: https://aka.ms/PTVS
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: visual-studio, ptvs, python
Last push: 2026-08-25T23:46:57+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": 4186, "days_push": 8, "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 2564, forks 680 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:01.092696+00:00)

## What it is
Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) is Microsoft's Python support extension for Visual Studio, providing IntelliSense, debugging, profiling, and interactive REPL features. It ships as the Python development workload in Visual Studio 2017 and later.

## Use cases
- write and debug Python in Visual Studio
- get IntelliSense for Python in Visual Studio
- run Python interactive REPL inside Visual Studio
- profile Python applications in Visual Studio
- set up Python data science workloads in Visual Studio

## When to choose
- you develop Python on Windows and prefer Visual Studio as your IDE
- you want integrated Python debugging, profiling, and IntelliSense in Visual Studio
- you work with mixed-language solutions (C# and Python) in Visual Studio

## When to avoid
- you use VS Code, PyCharm, or another editor instead of Visual Studio
- you develop on macOS or Linux
- you need support for Visual Studio 2015 or earlier, which is no longer actively developed

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, editor
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: visual-studio, python, ide-extension, debugging, intellisense

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.092696+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 2026-08-30T02:23:27.680678+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/PTVS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.092696+00:00, sha 4e81874720fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.