# github/VisualStudio

GitHub Extension for Visual Studio

Repository: https://github.com/github/VisualStudio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/visualstudio
Homepage: https://visualstudio.github.com
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: visual-studio, c-sharp, git, github
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-06-18T15:48:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4082, "days_push": 1172, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2508, forks 1196 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.280022+00:00)

## What it is
The GitHub Extension for Visual Studio is a VSIX plugin that adds GitHub integration to Visual Studio 2015 and newer, living mostly in the Team Explorer pane. It lets developers authenticate with GitHub.com or GitHub Enterprise, clone and create repositories, push commits, and work with pull requests, issues, and gists without leaving the IDE.

## Use cases
- integrate GitHub into Visual Studio
- clone and push GitHub repositories from inside the IDE
- manage and review pull requests without leaving Visual Studio
- create a new GitHub repository from Team Explorer
- connect Team Explorer to a GitHub Enterprise account
- view and create gists and issues while coding

## When to choose
- You are on Visual Studio 2015 through 2019, which lack built-in GitHub support
- You want GitHub repository, pull request, and issue workflows embedded in the Team Explorer pane
- You connect to GitHub Enterprise Server from Visual Studio
- You prefer the classic Team Explorer experience over the newer Git tooling

## When to avoid
- You use Visual Studio 2022 or newer, where GitHub and Git support are already built in
- You work in VS Code, Rider, or another editor instead of Visual Studio
- You need actively developed features or new GitHub API capabilities, since the extension's last release was mid-2023 and development has effectively stopped
- You rely on GitHub Copilot or modern GitHub features inside the IDE

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: version-control, code-review
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, apis
- platform: windows, editor-plugin, dotnet
- tags: visual-studio, github, git, vsix, team-explorer, pull-requests, github-api, c-sharp, ide-extension, superseded-by-built-in-support

## Member repositories
- github/VisualStudio (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.280022+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 2026-08-30T02:26:32.410825+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/github/VisualStudio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.280022+00:00, sha 87b83a1c5190)
  - homepage: https://visualstudio.github.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.847512+00:00, sha 080339db02e4)
  - site_page: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.856556+00:00, sha fb6cee1fe5e8)
  - site_page: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.858384+00:00, sha d9e75100443d)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.865372+00:00, sha f29800be2b9a)
  - site_page: https://www.microsoft.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.866849+00:00, sha 904ea9a04d5c)
  - site_page: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.860126+00:00, sha acd5d8e46ade)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.861869+00:00, sha 21419c6e2804)
  - site_page: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing?tab=paid-subscriptions (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:58.863347+00:00, sha 04c5c1696366)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.