# microsoft/vscode

Visual Studio Code

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode
Homepage: https://code.visualstudio.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: editor, electron, visual-studio-code, typescript, microsoft
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:41:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4017, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 96}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 189630, forks 41838 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:28.404625+00:00)

## What it is
Visual Studio Code (Code - OSS) is Microsoft's open-source, Electron-based code editor combining editing, navigation, debugging, and a rich extension ecosystem. It now also serves as an AI code editor with multi-agent development, MCP support, and pluggable model providers.

## Use cases
- edit and debug code across many languages
- hand off coding tasks to autonomous AI agents
- connect AI agents to external tools via MCP servers
- build and publish editor extensions
- customize themes, profiles, and team workflows
- deploy a governed editor setup across an enterprise

## When to choose
- you want a free, extensible, cross-platform code editor
- you need AI-assisted or agentic coding with choice of models and harnesses
- you want a huge extension marketplace and plugin API
- you need enterprise policy and deployment controls

## When to avoid
- you need a full heavyweight IDE with built-in project systems like Visual Studio or JetBrains
- you require only fully open-source builds without Microsoft branding (use VSCodium)
- you work in resource-constrained environments where Electron is too heavy

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, developer-tools, plugin-system, mcp, agent-framework, chatbot
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, web-development, artificial-intelligence, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, browser
- tags: code-editor, vscode, ide, extensions, copilot, ai-coding, agent-harness, electron-app, microsoft, typescript, debugger, ai-agents, macos, linux, electron, desktop, web-server

## Member repositories
- microsoft/vscode (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.404625+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 2026-08-29T16:10:37.893435+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.404625+00:00, sha efa7aa0039eb)
  - homepage: https://code.visualstudio.com (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.917880+00:00, sha f1c9acb3cd21)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/agents (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.927287+00:00, sha 1082190a4a5b)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/customizations (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.929182+00:00, sha 86ba16d916ad)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/models (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.930792+00:00, sha 84dbe41f828d)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/enterprise (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.932490+00:00, sha 71be8492686d)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/extensibility (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.934460+00:00, sha 0a66d9157767)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.936879+00:00, sha 3efa1aeb8e0d)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.938989+00:00, sha 120e65225e79)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agents-tutorial (fetched 2026-08-28T17:22:50.941640+00:00, sha fb7e5da5d253)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.