Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS, and the web, built on the MIT-licensed Code - OSS project and distinguished by features such as IntelliSense, debugging, integrated Git, and a marketplace with tens of thousands of extensions. VS Code is not a SaaS REST API; instead, developers extend the editor through the Extension API, a TypeScript / JavaScript programmatic interface that exposes nearly every aspect of the editor for customization. This index points to the Extension API documentation and surrounding developer resources.

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aid: visual-studio-code
name: Visual Studio Code
description: Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux,
  macOS, and the web, built on the MIT-licensed Code - OSS project and distinguished by features such as IntelliSense, debugging,
  integrated Git, and a marketplace with tens of thousands of extensions. VS Code is not a SaaS REST API; instead, developers
  extend the editor through the Extension API, a TypeScript / JavaScript programmatic interface that exposes nearly every
  aspect of the editor for customization. This index points to the Extension API documentation and surrounding developer resources.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Code Editor
- Developer Tools
- IDE
- Open Source
- Extension API
- Microsoft
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/visual-studio-code/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: visual-studio-code:extension-api
  name: Visual Studio Code Extension API
  description: Programmatic TypeScript / JavaScript API for building VS Code extensions. The Extension API exposes editor
    UI, language features, debugging adapters, themes, webviews, source control providers, tasks, and more. It is not a REST
    API and has no base URL or authentication scheme; extensions run inside the VS Code process and are distributed through
    the Visual Studio Marketplace.
  humanURL: https://code.visualstudio.com/api
  tags:
  - Extension API
  - Editor Customization
  - Language Server
  - Debug Adapter
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://code.visualstudio.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/get-started/your-first-extension
  - type: Marketplace
    url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/vs-code
- type: Website
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs
- type: Download
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
- type: Marketplace
  url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode
- type: Issue Tracker
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues
- type: Blog
  url: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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