microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples resource
Samples for building your own Visual Studio extensions observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4089
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 768
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1272 stars · 458 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A collection of official Microsoft samples demonstrating how to build Visual Studio extensions in C#. It covers customizing the IDE and editor with commands, tool windows, language support, analyzers, and project templates.
Use cases
- learn how to write a visual studio extension
- add custom commands and menus to visual studio
- create a tool window extension
- add support for a new programming language in visual studio
- build custom project or item templates
- add refactoring and code analyzers to the ide
When to choose
- you are developing extensions for Visual Studio on Windows
- you want official, working example code for VSSDK extensibility scenarios
- you are getting started with Visual Studio extension development
When to avoid
- you want to extend VS Code, Visual Studio for Mac, or Azure DevOps (separate SDKs)
- you need a production-ready library rather than sample code
- you target non-Windows IDEs
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
developer-tools plugin-system editor developer-tools tutorials text-editors windows c cpp visual-studio vsix ide-extensions samples csharp
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples · fetched 2026-08-28 · f23c60df04c1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples | main | 32 |
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