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Home/Apps/Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

by Microsoft

Top AppmacOSelectronv1.128.1
macOSWindows
Available onHomebrew
Runtime
electron
Electron v42.5.0
Size
944 MB
Architecture
Apple Silicon
Dependencies
613
36 categories
Last Updated
Jul 8, 2026
Security
Excellent
Signed, notarized, hardened

Visual Studio Code is an Electron app (v42.5.0) that uses 613 detected dependencies across 36 categories including Runtime, Charts, Networking. It is code-signed and notarized. 944 MB on macOS (Apple Silicon). Last updated July 8, 2026. Last verified July 2026.

What is Visual Studio Code built with?

613 detected dependencies across 36 categories.

Runtime

1
Electron

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Charts

3
D3.jsMermaidCytoscape.js

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Networking

20
h2WebSocket (ws)url (Rust)ssh2Axioshypersocksundicireqwestform-datafluent-uriiri-stringtungstenitegRPChttp-body-utilOctokitfollow-redirectshttp-proxy-agenthttps-proxy-agentsocks-proxy-agent

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Encoding

15
hehexbstridnaitoamimeutf-8base64base64-jsjschardetencoding_rsdata-encodingencoding_rs_ioutf-8-validatepercent-encoding

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Date & Time

5
msjifftime (Rust)Day.jschrono

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Validation

4
AjvZodjsonschemaTypeBox

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File System

14
cfbinferwhichignoremkdirpnotifyglobsetmemmap2walkdirfs-extraminimatchsame-filegraceful-fsfile-uri-to-path

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Media

7
faxgifpng (Rust)tiffimage (Rust)Sharpcolor_quant

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Parser

21
inipemregex (Rust)memchrtendrilhttpdatejsonfilecssparserhtml5everuntrustedfancy-regexmarkup5everReadabilityshell-quoteaho-corasickjsonc-parserunsafe-libyamlform_urlencodednode-html-parsermarkup5ever_rcdomstrip-json-comments

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Data Structure

12
lruphfslabbit-setbit-vectinyvecindexmapsmallvechashbrownlru-cachesharded-slabstring_cache

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I/O

13
miowantbytesipnetbuffersocket2anstreamhttparsematchersbyteorderbufferutilend-of-streamreadable-stream

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Build Tool

5
nandiffTypeScriptBabelprebuild-install

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Platform Binding

19
nixlibc (Rust)napiobjc2os_infosysinfobindingsnode-abinode-ptygethostnamenative-keymapnode-addon-apinode-gyp-buildcore-foundationrun-applescriptnative-is-elevatedsignal-hook-registrysystem-configurationwindows-foreground-love

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Compression

11
tar (Rust)zipyazlweezlyauzlflate2zstd-safecompression-corecompression-codecsBrotlizlib

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Utility

15
openuuidelkjsanyhowsemverstrsimieee754inheritslodash-esonce_cellpicomatches-toolkitlazy_staticsafe-bufferchrome-remote-interface

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Cryptography

10
randahashrustlsOpenSSLsignatureTweetNaClnative-tlssimple_asn1bcrypt-pbkdfsecurity-framework

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Logging

2
debugtracing

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Rich Text Editor

4
KaTeXmarkedmarkdown-itTree-sitter

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Async Runtime

7
RayonTokioparking_lotatomic-wakerfutures-rsthread_localcrossbeam

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Serialization

2
serdeSmithy (AWS)

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Web Server

2
TowerExpress

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Auth

4
oauth2kerberosjsonwebtokenMSAL

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CSS Framework

1
stylis

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CLI

8
anstyleclapminimistCommander.jsindicatiftermcolorcolorchoice@github/copilot

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Security

2
keyringDOMPurify

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Database

3
rusqliteKeyvSQLite

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Cloud

4
aws-lc-rsAWS SDKGoogle CloudAzure SDK

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Feature Flags

1
tas-client

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Desktop Framework

1
VS Code Extension API

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UI Framework

4
Xterm.jsAngularIconifyFluent UI

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Internationalization

1
i18n

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Machine Learning

2
OpenAIAnthropic SDK

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Observability

2
OpenTelemetryapplicationinsights

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Testing

1
Playwright

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Communication

1
Model Context Protocol

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Other

162
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Analyzed binary

SHA-256 of the exact binary Visual Studio Code was analyzed from.

SHA-256
120ff9638c19d5d84da5a3cc4f637778c9e9b16d0104ab84e77ea64a55b25dfb

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 April 2026.

Latest: v1.128.1
July 14, 2026
v1.128.1
Jul 14, 2026
v1.128.0
Jul 8, 2026
v1.127.0
Jul 1, 2026
v1.126.0
Jun 24, 2026
v1.125.1
Jun 19, 2026
v1.125.0
Jun 17, 2026
v1.124.2
Jun 12, 2026
v1.124.0
Jun 10, 2026
v1.123.2
Jun 10, 2026
v1.123.1
Jun 9, 2026
v1.123.0
Jun 3, 2026
v1.122.1
May 29, 2026
v1.122.0
May 27, 2026
v1.121.0
May 20, 2026
v1.120.0
May 13, 2026
v1.119.1
May 12, 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

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Last verified July 14, 2026

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