# microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples

Samples for building your own Visual Studio extensions

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vssdk-extensibility-samples
Homepage: http://aka.ms/extendvs
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-26T20:46:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4089, "days_push": 768, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1272, forks 458 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:12.243850+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, plugin-system, editor
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, text-editors
- platform: windows, c, cpp
- tags: visual-studio, vsix, ide-extensions, samples, csharp

## Member repositories
- microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.243850+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 2026-08-30T05:03:18.374092+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samples (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.243850+00:00, sha f23c60df04c1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.