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Home/Apps/Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

by Microsoft

Top AppmacOSelectronv1.122.0
Available onHomebrew
Runtime
electron
Electron v39.8.8
Size
669 MB
Architecture
Apple Silicon
Dependencies
600
35 categories
Last Updated
May 8, 2026
Security
Excellent
Signed, notarized, hardened

Visual Studio Code is an Electron app (v39.8.8) that uses 600 detected dependencies across 35 categories including Runtime, Charts, Encoding. It is code-signed and notarized. 669 MB on macOS (Apple Silicon). Last updated May 8, 2026. Last verified May 2026.

What is Visual Studio Code built with?

600 detected dependencies across 35 categories.

Runtime

1
Electron

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Charts

3
D3.jsMermaidCytoscape.js

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Encoding

6
hemimebase64-jsjs-base64jschardetutf-8-validate

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Date & Time

2
msDay.js

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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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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

2
KaTeXmarked

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Build Tool

6
TypeScriptrimrafsource-mapBabelsource-map-supportESLint

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CSS Framework

1
stylis

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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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Security

1
DOMPurify

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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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Desktop Framework

1
VS Code Extension API

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Cloud

4
Azure SDKAWS SDKGoogle CloudSupabase

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Database

1
Keyv

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Web Server

1
NestJS

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Error Tracking

1
Sentry

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Serialization

1
Smithy (AWS)

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UI Framework

5
AngularSvelteIconifyReact 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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Media

1
Sharp

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Observability

1
OpenTelemetry

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Communication

1
Model Context Protocol

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Other

176
dblrcextasarasn1gopdgulponcependtsectypevsdabn.jselkjsp-allyaetichownrdeemonesniffhasownis-wslkhromarceditwrappybrorandis-globlazy.jsroughjsyallistasynckitboolbasecss-whatdomutilsentitiesgulp-bomminipassminizlibnode-ptyyaserveres-errorsfancy-logget-protogulp-gzipinnosetupinternmapis-dockernext-ticknth-checkpicomatchts-dedentagent-basecss-selectdomhandleres-toolkites6-symbolip-addressis-extglobsimple-getsinon-testts-algebra@mcp/i.test@rspack/clibundle-namedagre-d3-esdeep-extenddetect-libcgulp-buffergulp-filtergulp-gunzipgulp-renamegulp-svgminhas-symbolsopentype.jsrandombytes@rspack/core@xterm/xterm@zenuml/corebuffer-crc32dunder-protoes6-iteratorevent-streamfs-constantsgulp-flatmapgulp-plumbergulp-replacemiller-rabinnpm-run-all2safer-buffersmart-buffertiny-inflatetunnel-agentuniversalify@webgpu/typesevent-emitterfunction-bindget-intrinsicis-typedarraymerge-optionsos-browserifysimple-concatdelayed-streamdiffie-hellmandom-serializerdomelementtypemimic-responsemkdirp-classicnode-gyp-buildproxy-from-env@builtin/i.test@enabled/i.test@preact/signals@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-utilsnode-html-parser@dprint/formatter@iconify-json/mdi@tootallnate/oncejson-schema-to-ts@compodoc/compodoc@nativescript/core@xterm/addon-image@xterm/addon-webglchromium-pickle-jsdefault-browser-ides-define-propertyes-set-tostringtaggulp-azure-storage@github/copilot-sdk@iconify-json/logos@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@elastic/elasticsearch@xterm/addon-clipboard@xterm/addon-ligatures@xterm/addon-serialize@xterm/addon-unicode11@ant/computer-use-input@ant/computer-use-swift@braintree/sanitize-url@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 February 2026.

Latest: v1.122.0
May 29, 2026
v1.122.0
May 29, 2026
v1.121.0
May 23, 2026
v1.120.0
May 21, 2026
v1.119.1
May 14, 2026
v1.119.0
May 6, 2026
v1.118.1
Apr 29, 2026
v1.118.0
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

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Last verified May 29, 2026

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