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Home/Apps/Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

by Microsoft

Top AppmacOSelectronv1.117.0
macOSWindows
Available onHomebrew
Runtime
electron
Electron v39.8.7
Size
625 MB
Architecture
Apple Silicon
Dependencies
500
30 categories
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026
Security
Excellent
Signed, notarized, hardened

Visual Studio Code is an Electron app (v39.8.7) that uses 500 detected dependencies across 30 categories including Runtime, Date & Time, Networking. It is code-signed and notarized. 625 MB on macOS (Apple Silicon). Last updated April 29, 2026. Last verified April 2026.

What is Visual Studio Code built with?

500 detected dependencies across 30 categories.

Runtime

1
Electron

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Date & Time

1
ms

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Networking

13
WebSocket (ws)ssh2Axiossocksundiciform-datatas-clienttRPCgRPCOctokithttp-proxy-agenthttps-proxy-agentsocks-proxy-agent

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Parser

8
inicookiexml2jsjsonfileshell-quotetypescript-eslintstrip-json-commentschevrotain

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Compression

3
tar (Rust)yazlyauzl

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Validation

1
Zod

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File System

7
globmkdirpbindingsfs-extraminimatchParcel Watcherpath-browserify

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Encoding

5
mimebase64-jsjs-base64jschardetutf-8-validate

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Utility

9
openutiluuidsemverieee754debounceinheritslodash-essafe-buffer

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I/O

5
pumpbufferbufferutilend-of-streamreadable-stream

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Logging

3
debugansi-colorschrome-remote-interface

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Rich Text Editor

1
KaTeX

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Build Tool

5
TypeScriptrimrafsource-mapsource-map-supportESLint

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Auth

2
kerberosMSAL

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CLI

3
minimistCommander.js@github/copilot

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Platform Binding

5
node-abinative-keymaprun-applescriptnative-is-elevatedwindows-foreground-love

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Data Structure

2
lru-cachegraceful-fs

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Cryptography

3
TweetNaClbcrypt-pbkdf@js-sdsl/ordered-map

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Cloud

4
Azure SDKAWS SDKGoogle CloudSupabase

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Media

1
Sharp

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Desktop Framework

1
VS Code Extension API

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Web Server

1
NestJS

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Serialization

1
Smithy (AWS)

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UI Framework

4
AngularSvelteReact RouterFluent UI

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Async Runtime

1
@emnapi/runtime

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Testing

1
Playwright

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Machine Learning

6
TensorFlowAnthropic SDKLangChainMistral SDKTransformers.jsGoogle Gemini

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Observability

2
OpenTelemetryv8-inspect-profiler

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Communication

1
Model Context Protocol

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Other

164
dblrcextasarasn1gopdgulpjsbnoncependtsectypevsdabn.jsp-allyaetichownrdeemonesniffhasownis-wslrceditwrappybrorandes5-extis-globlazy.jsyallistasynckitgulp-bomminipassminizlibnode-ptyyaserveres-errorsfancy-logfd-slicerget-protogulp-gzipinnosetupis-dockernext-tickpicomatchagent-basees6-symbolip-addressis-extglobsimple-getsinon-testsprintf-js@mcp/i.test@rspack/clibundle-namedeep-extenddetect-libcgulp-buffergulp-filtergulp-gunzipgulp-renamegulp-svgminhas-symbolsopentype.jsrandombytes@cpplint/cli@rspack/core@xterm/xtermbuffer-crc32dunder-protoes6-iteratorevent-streamfs-constantsgulp-flatmapgulp-plumbergulp-replacemiller-rabinnpm-run-all2safer-buffersmart-buffertiny-inflatetunnel-agentuniversalify@webgpu/typesagent-browserevent-emitterfunction-bindget-intrinsicis-typedarraymerge-optionsos-browserifysimple-concat@biomejs/biomedelayed-streamdiffie-hellmanmimic-responsemkdirp-classicnode-gyp-buildproxy-from-env@builtin/i.test@enabled/i.test@outdated/.test@popular/i.test@preact/signals@updates/i.test@xterm/headlessawait-semaphorecombined-streamdefault-browseres-object-atomsexpand-templategulp-sourcemapshas-tostringtagmath-intrinsics@disabled/i.test@outdated/i.test@tsconfig/node18define-lazy-propfile-uri-to-pathfollow-redirectsgulp-json-editoristanbul-reportsnapi-build-utils@dprint/formatter@installed/i.test@tootallnate/once@compodoc/compodoc@deprecated/i.test@nativescript/core@xterm/addon-image@xterm/addon-webglchromium-pickle-jsdefault-browser-ides-define-propertyes-set-tostringtaggulp-azure-storage@github/copilot-sdk@isaacs/fs-minipass@nevware21/ts-async@nevware21/ts-utils@xterm/addon-searchdecompress-responsegithub-from-packageis-inside-containeristanbul-lib-reportmocha-junit-reportertypedarray-to-buffer@datastax/astra-db-ts@upstash/context7-mcp@xterm/addon-progressistanbul-lib-coveragemocha-multi-reporters@xterm/addon-clipboard@xterm/addon-ligatures@xterm/addon-serialize@xterm/addon-unicode11@ant/computer-use-input@ant/computer-use-swift@restartrequired/i.testcall-bind-apply-helpersistanbul-lib-instrument@pondwader/socks5-server@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-nodeistanbul-lib-source-maps@typescript/native-preview

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Security and privacy

Code signing, notarization, and entitlement analysis for Visual Studio Code.

Code Signing

Excellent
Signed
Notarized
Hardened Runtime

Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)

Entitlements4

com.apple.security.automation.apple-events
com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit
com.apple.security.device.audio-input
com.apple.security.device.camera

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How popular is Visual Studio Code?

Popularity ranking based on install counts, store ratings, and community signals.

Popularity Tier
Ranked across all macOS apps
Top App

Popularity Score

100
100
Adoption
100
Mindshare
0
Store Rank

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When was Visual Studio Code last updated?

20 tracked releases since December 2025.

Latest: v1.118.0
April 29, 2026
v1.118.0
Apr 29, 2026
v1.118.1
Apr 29, 2026
v1.117.0
Apr 22, 2026
v1.116.0
Apr 15, 2026
v1.115.0
Apr 8, 2026
v1.114.0
Apr 1, 2026
v1.113.0
Mar 25, 2026
v1.111.0
Mar 9, 2026
v1.110.1
Mar 7, 2026
v1.110.0
Mar 4, 2026
v1.109.5
Feb 20, 2026
v1.109.4
Feb 16, 2026
v1.109.3
Feb 12, 2026
v1.109.2
Feb 11, 2026
v1.109.0
Feb 4, 2026
v1.108.2
Jan 22, 2026
v1.108.1
Jan 14, 2026
v1.108.0
Jan 8, 2026
v1.107.1
Dec 17, 2025
v1.107.0
Dec 10, 2025

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Last verified April 30, 2026

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