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Visual Studio Code

by Microsoft

macOSelectronv1.117.0
Available onHomebrew
Runtime
electron
Electron v39.8.7
Size
625 MB
Architecture
Apple Silicon
Dependencies
500
27 categories
Security
Excellent
Signed, notarized, hardened

Visual Studio Code is an Electron app (v39.8.7) that uses 500 detected dependencies across 27 categories including Runtime, Date & Time, Networking. It is code-signed and notarized. 625 MB on macOS (Apple Silicon). Last verified April 2026.

What is Visual Studio Code built with?

500 detected dependencies across 27 categories.

Runtime

1
Electron

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Date & Time

1
ms

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Networking

12
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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

4
TypeScriptrimrafsource-mapsource-map-support

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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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Desktop Framework

2
node-ptyVS Code Extension API

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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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Web Server

1
NestJS

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UI Framework

2
AngularSvelte

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Cloud

2
Azure SDKSupabase

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Async Runtime

1
@emnapi/runtime

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Testing

1
Playwright

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Machine Learning

5
TensorFlowAnthropic SDKMistral SDKTransformers.jsGoogle Gemini

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Observability

2
OpenTelemetryv8-inspect-profiler

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Other

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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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When was Visual Studio Code last updated?

1 tracked releases since April 2026.

Latest: v1.117.0
April 30, 2026

Last verified April 30, 2026

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