# Page 8 | Visual Studio Code Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 8 - Is Visual Studio Code the right Source Code Management solution for you? Explore 1693 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/reviews --- Visual Studio Code 4.8 (1693) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 8 - Reviews of Visual Studio Code ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 176-200 of 1693 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Jefferson B. Full-stack Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best editor I've used for web projects" September 1, 2019 5.0 So far it's the best editor I have used for web projects, specially for front-end projects. For some languages though it may be a better idea to use a specialized editor. Pros \- Updated frequently. - Has many useful extensions, from adding support to a certain language to performing simple tasks like auto formatting import declarations. - It works specially well with JavaScript and TypeScript, with fast and reliable auto-completing and linting features, and has an amazing Angular framework extension. - It's very light to run. Even with a lot of extensions active it still runs well on older computers. - It comes right out of the box with a very powerful and easy to use git tool. - Its text editor has a lot of accessibility and quality of life simple yet nice to have features, like easy zoom-in and out, line wrapping, auto trim of trailing white spaces, multi cursor, among others. Cons \- Currently it doesn't work so well with Python and it's very limited with C#, even with both having official extensions. - Its debugger, while very powerful, isn't so easy to set up, and more than once I simply preferred to just use the browser's debugger instead. Review Source Sebastian B. CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VSC is now the de facto Python editor" May 10, 2021 5.0 VSC allows me to open a directory instead of a file, so I can have all files at glance and with different color codes according to changes related with the status in the repo. The first thing I do after opening the directory is to set up the conda environment (if not automatically detected) and then I know I am good to go, if I run the code from VSC I can see how the script is invoked using Conda so I can do it manually if needed (like from another screen). Pros Visual Studio Code behaves well with Conda environments. It search for installed environments and selects the right one most the times according to your code, when it fails to select the environment, you can manually select the correct one. If the env you need is not in the list of available envs, I have to look in Internet how to manually add an env because it is not so intuitive, but this is not a frequent occurrence. The fact that it integrates with both Conda and Git, makes my life as a Python developer way easier. Another nice feature is that when a file changes on disk, this is always reflected in the editor, without the need of a manual reload. The support for Python (using the plugins) is superb, now I can say that Microsoft is taking this language as a first class citizen. Cons It is a little bit heavy in resource usage. My 6 Gb laptop freezes sometimes when VSC and Chrome are both active, and I use both programs together. The inline help is not always useful and hard to read because it needs lot of scrolling. Switched from [Atomic AI](https://www.capterra.com/p/166956/Atomic-AI/) Atom does not have shell integration, nor Conda support. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Fullstack developer Accounting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The text editor for all your needs" January 11, 2022 5.0 Overall, I'm sticking with VSCode on the long run. I've used other text editors such as Notepad++ and Sublime Text, but VSCode is by far the best. It's UI is more polished, and is packed wih features in the form of extensions, which makes a very verstaile tool, no matter what programming language or framework you develop in. Pros \- it's very easy to use, and is compatible with a wide variety of programming languages - it has a lot of plugins, rangin from linting, UI customization, and even DB clients. It's a very poweful text editor - it has a big community, which makes it easy to troubleshoot or find shortcuts to do things faster - it comes with a debugger included - it can be used in Windows and UNIX based systems - it lets you use the console from within the text editor Cons \- it can take up a significant amount of computer resources - the source code control tab could be more intuitive - it takes some effort to customize the UI to your liking Switched from [Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/) Because I needed a text editor with more powerful linting and text completion features. Also, VSCode let's you open the command line from within itself, and comes embedded with a debugger, which fits all of my needs as a developer. Review Source DS Donato S. Developer Automotive Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "mie recensioni personali" September 12, 2023 5.0 Mi trovo molto bene, anche navigare con il codice molto semplice, se conosci più shortcut possibili, non ti trovi male, la lentezza è un rischio che bisogna per forza imbattere, il codice deve essere abbastanza Pros il codice lo usi in una maniera molto semplice ed efficace, come scritto nella scheda precedente, le shortcut ti aiutano un botto Cons Purtroppo il codice più è grande, più aumenta la lentezza di apertura di quest'ultimo Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Web Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Visual Studio Code review as a junior developer" June 7, 2023 5.0 I have been using vscode since I was a student and it is the only software I use now to write code. It is available for almost all programming languages and a huge variety of extensions to integrate and make the process of code writing easier. Pros It is very simple and easy to customise and add the complex functionalities through extensions. Cons Improve the interface and make it more optimised for code writing in JAVA. Review Source Martin D. Owner, Chief Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The #1 code editor available today." May 16, 2022 5.0 Apart from the actual operating system, Visual Studio Code is the most-used software on my computer. It is consistently fast and once you get into the swing of it, easy to use. The keyboard shortcuts, cuts my development time drastically Pros It's a heavy weight product that's FREE! Seriously there is so much to Visual Studio Code that making it free to download and use makes it a no-brainer to use this software. Cons Occasional bugs, but they are almost always taken care of within a day or two. Alternatives considered [Adobe Dreamweaver](https://www.capterra.com/p/233245/Adobe-Dreamweaver/) Reason for choosing Visual Studio Code It gives me greater control on exactly what get's written to my files. No extraneous code is added by the software, unlike some others. Also, it's free. Switched from [Adobe Dreamweaver](https://www.capterra.com/p/233245/Adobe-Dreamweaver/) Whilst I use Creative Studio on an almost daily basis, I find that I have much more control over the code I produce in VS Code than with Dreamweaver. Review Source mayur V. software developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visual Studio Code is a popular, open-source code editor" January 26, 2023 5.0 Pros I have been using Visual Studio Code for a few years now and absolutely love it. It's extremely intuitive, feature-rich and powerful. It's has a large ecosystem of extensions that can be installed to add additional functionality.It's has a clean and customizable user interface.It's support for multiple programming languages, and also support cross-platform, it can be run on Windows, macOS, and Linux.I can easily navigate through my code without being overwhelmed by the complexity of the program.VS Code is an absolute must-have for any web developer or programmer out there! Cons Visual Studio Code has a large number of extensions can make it difficult to find the right one for a specific task or it can slow down the performance of the software.Some users may find the interface to be overwhelming or cluttered, especially with many extensions installed. Review Source Alfredo D. CTO - Tech lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Your friend for programming" November 22, 2023 5.0 Pros With the recent integration of several thing and in more the third party support, You can develop several thing from just one software without any problem at all. Cons For some field You need some third party addon, for example in the blockchain development Review Source Ernesto Enrique F. Web Operations Manager & Co-Founder Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fast and full featured development software" May 30, 2019 5.0 With VS Code I have found everything I need in a text editor to develop websites, fast, light and multiplatform. It has given me the opportunity to continue programming regardless of the fact that my computer is not so powerful. Pros Without a doubt, what I like most about Visual Studio Code is how fast it works on my computer. One click on the icon and it quickly opens with the last document on which I was working. It has a simple interface to use (see cons) and very neat, everything is easily found when you are working. Widely recommended for web development since it works perfectly with languages ​​such as PHP, Javascript and both processed and preprocessed styles. Another feature that I love, is that it has integrated GIT, you can commit, push and version your work directly from the editor. Additionally, it has a powerful search engine to add extensions, turning the editor into an app with an endless number of great features   Finally it has support for all operating system versions, I use it on Mac, Windows and Linux without any problem. Cons The editor works perfectly, but it has something that I do not like, when you want to configure something of the application, you have to do it with code and it is a bit complicated to set the parameters since I do not know all the commands available for the configurations. This happens a lot with the extensions that configuring them in the editor is sometimes a headache. I think they should improve the configuration interface. Review Source Chai Y. Python developer Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple and highly customizable editor " December 31, 2023 5.0 Pros Ease of use and wide range of extensions allow setting it up very quickly on an advanced level. Synchronization is very handy sometimes too. Cons Sometimes plugins don't work correctly or you have to customize them manually. And it requires a good computer to run on, as it is written in JavaScript. Switched from [Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/) Hard to customize and not enough extensions are available, hard to sync between workstations. Review Source HT Holden T. SDET Computer Games Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best code editor - A daily users review" January 11, 2022 5.0 Transitioning to Visual Studio Code from another code editor was easy. I came from using IDEA's IntelliJ so I was used to their keybinds. Believe it or not, Visual Studio Code has an extension called "Darcula IntelliJ Theme" and "IntelliJ IDEA Keybinds" extension which made the switch easy. I haven't looked back and recommended Visual Studio Code to all developers and software engineers. Pros As a daily user of Visual Studio Code, I really like the overall experience Visual Studio Code offers. I have worked using IDE's (Integrated development environment) for the past 12 years and have used a handful including Sublime Text, IntelliJ IDEA, Webstorm, and kept coming back to Visual Studio Code. Why? Because not only is it free, but the community support is incredible and there are Extensions you can add for anything you can think of. Want a dark mode? No problem. Want docker, python, or yaml support? No problem, there are extensions for that too. Visual Studio Code just works. It's simple, but can be expanded with Extensions making it unique and a very powerful editor. Cons The only drawback is out of the box (by default) there could be better code formatting and a variety of file extension support. Thankfully with the Visual Studio Code Extensions, this is not a major drawback as there are extensions you can quickly install to address this single con. Switched from [PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/)[Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/)[IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/)[WebStorm](https://www.capterra.com/p/231557/WebStorm/) It's free, has more extensions (very customizable), and works well. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Computer and Systems Engineer - Ph.D. Candidate Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Meilleur éditeur de code" November 3, 2022 5.0 J'utilise VS studio code chaque jour pour programmer en python et visualiser des fichier XML m'aidant à corriger la syntaxe et à trouver les erreurs de code. Je l'utilise aussi pour compiler mon code. Pros VS Studio Code permet de travailler avec différents langages comme Python, C++, XML JavaScript, Node.JS et bien d'autres. Il fournit des extensions pour le développement front, back et fullstack. Il supporte le git donc nous pouvons faire tout le travail git à partir de VS studio code. Il a une bonne interface graphique avec diverses options de thème. Cons Les seuls 2 points faibles sont que c'est un programme un peu lourd comparé aux autres éditeurs de text et les popups sont ennuyantes parfois. Review Source Mir Fida N. WordPress website developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "An Efficient and fast opensource Code Editor with advanced customization features" February 25, 2020 5.0 Best for small businesses and teams working, especially for websites and web apps. Lighter on your budget and computer system resources. You get a library full of extensions/plugins enhancing features. User-friendly interface together with simple settings configuration. Fully personalized it according to the color scheme, coding language, and feature needed. I highly recommend it as a good package tool for full-stack web developers and programmers. Pros I have been using MS Code to write and edit for web development and wordpress.t's very light on resources compared to full IDE's and available for multiple platforms OS. Small initial package to download and install. So it's being used for mostly web coding tasks in languages like Html, JS, CSS, and PHP. Community support is very great coming with new features and extensions with new updates. Documentation and many tutorials are available to learn it. The best features that I like in this code editor are syntax highlighting, error checking and IntelliSense.Lot's of extensions provided novel functionality. From theme to the language it is can be personalized to much extent. Cons Some extensions show internal conflict due to accessing the same part of API. Should handle conflicts efficiently. Debugging is sometimes a little bit confusing. More features like support for the desktop framework should be added like ASP.NET MVC Application. Alternatives considered [Notepad++](https://www.capterra.com/p/185965/Notepad/)[Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/) Reason for choosing Visual Studio Code Built-in debugging and feature enriched environment with a huge library of plugins is its competitive unique useful features that I loved. great community support and tutorials also helped me decide to chose MS Code for web development work. Review Source vK vaghasiya K. full-stack developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "best code editor" March 3, 2024 5.0 my overall experience is very amzing with Visual Studio Code. it's all features are very comfortable for coding Pros Visual Studio Code is provide highly customizeble features just like keyboard shortcuts, autocomplete scripts and extension etc. Cons limited out-of-the-box features might certain lack of features out of the box require install extension or external tools. Reason for choosing Visual Studio Code beacuse i have seen most of developer are use Visual Studio Code . Review Source Ankit Y. Founder Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Need IDE? Go for Visual Studio Code" February 13, 2021 5.0 Experience everything comes down to this single point, the experince is always amazing no matter which file or project i open with VS Code they are all visaully enchanting to the mind i just want to immmerse myself in coding with VS Code being open. I mostly code php and js for my peers and belive me it's the best part about this software. Pros Ahh VS Code the perfect IDE i have found after countless trials of other IDEs it's easy to use, easy to integrate, and of cource easy to work on with countless addons from prefix checker to lint, been using it for past 3-4 years and everytime i hit my VS Code it's keep me interested in my work the theming capabilites were made for me as i am dark mode fanatic and using a material dark theme on VS Code is a gift from the heavens itself. I highly urge everyone who codes to use VS code atleast for once believe me you guys won't be dissappointed. Cons apart fromsome missing addons for famous languages like php laravel, and others? nah how can someone not like this amazingly creafted software that helps them code better and faster? i can't and will not have any least liked things about this. Review Source SH Samuel H. IT Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Level-up with VS Code" July 29, 2022 5.0 Pros Thanks to the VS Code team for allowing a seamless Third Party Integration and development making work hassle free for us all. Cons It is hard to sign extension manually when corrupt installations occurs. Switched from [Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/) Has a developer, we want to find the best tools keeping our budget in mind. Although Sublime Text has a free version but with that few limitations and comparing with VS Code and its numerous features i.e its exclusive "Third Parties" marketplace and integrations, with all these I must confess I will choose VS Code over again. Review Source Tei C. Artist and Owner Music Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A great product for coding experts" March 11, 2024 5.0 This is a great product for coding experts/programmers. It is also friendly to use if you're a beginner. I can't say this is a masterpiece but it performs most of the essential jobs. Unfortunately, the performance bottleneck is the issue if you're having low-end computer. Otherwise, this is a fully free software that most people will love! Pros \- It is fully free and available in many platforms! - Highlight codes so you will notice the typos easily. - Comfortable to read the coding. - Quite snappy and high efficiency. - Looks premium compared to others. Cons \- High CPU/ram consumption. - Lack of some debugging features. - Not recommended for low-end computer (ex: 2-4GB ram) Switched from [TextMate](https://www.capterra.com/p/234698/TextMate/)[Notepad++](https://www.capterra.com/p/185965/Notepad/) This product is better and it is free! Better in terms of quality, presentations, speed and features. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Student Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "One of the best IDEs for productivity development" November 18, 2022 5.0 I'm satisfied with the product and would recommend it to everyone that's new to the world of software and web development. Once you give it a try, it'll be difficult to switch to an alternative IDE. Its lightweight features will make you stick to it. Pros The ability to integrate lots of various extensions is something that not every IDE offers. Its simple GUI is so simple to use and it provides a highly motivated productive application development. The integration with Version Control System (GitHub, GitLab ...) and the simple interface design to pull, push and sync the code are one of my favorite features. The support of many programming languages cannot go unnoticed and is an advantage of using VS Code. Cons I'd really be interested in seeing some more extensions in the marketplace for faster app development, and for increased performance, even though at present can't complain about it. Alternatives considered [Android Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/246781/Android-Studio/)[Apache NetBeans](https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/)[ECLIPSE](https://www.capterra.com/p/27349/ECLIPSE/)[IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) Reason for choosing Visual Studio Code Its ease of use, simplicity, app development productivity, and ability to integrate various It's a lightweight IDE that's easy and simple to use, fast at load time, and the productivity it offers when developing individual or team-collaborated projects are what makes me want to use it even more. The ability to integrate various plugins is an advantage that's not very common with other IDEs. Switched from [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) Cause everyone was talking about how awesome VS Code is, its lightweight functionalities and the ease of use. Gave it a try, and now wanna use it every day. Review Source Abdelrahman E. Front-end developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "comprehensive code editor " September 16, 2022 5.0 Combrehensive Code Editor. i'm very happy with the experience of this app. Pros \-The most important thing i like about this code editor is that it could handle many programming languages and support all of them without any problems. -The lightning in this app is very good and comfortable for the eye -Very smooth and easy user interface -the way it handle errors are very good and makes finding errors and editing them very easy. -It hase a configurable Keybinds that makes the user experience very easy and can shorten too much time in making some orders. Cons \-I'm not a big fan of the terminal of this app. -I faced some problems during installing some languages packages and after installation i took some time to configure it to the wanted language. -Some times it lags when opening large docs. Review Source PL Paul L. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VS Code for All your text editing needs" May 16, 2022 5.0 From the moment I installed and started VS Code, it's been an incredible journey. At least once a month, I find another use for VS-Code through an extension or via a blog post on how to use it more efficiently. It's helped with coding/scripting and general text manipulation. Editing CSV files, aligning text columns, syntax highlighting for every language and file format you can think of. It's light weight and works on any computer/operating system. It's ideal for use on multiple computers. It just works and I've never had ANY issues or crashes with it. Pros Out of the box the editing features are fantastic, including regex find and replace and multi-select. Adding to this you can customise and extend VS Code with thousands of different extensions for all your text manipulation needs. Code prediction, syntax highlighting and so much more. The ability to sync all your settings to the cloud makes things easy when moving between machines. Cons There is absolutely nothing I dislike about the software. It's so customisable that you can make it work how you need it to. Switched from [UltraEdit](https://www.capterra.com/p/183163/UltraEdit/)[Notepad++](https://www.capterra.com/p/185965/Notepad/)[Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/) I initially switched from sublime text and Notepad++ because it was a free option and very cross platform, but with similar advanced text features, then stuck with it when I could customise it to work how I need it to. The library of plugins and suggestions it makes takes it over the top as a winner for me! Review Source Hichem N. mobile developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visual Studio code for developers" November 1, 2022 5.0 I use visual studio code daily to create mobile apps destined to clients and company Pros 1\. free access and open source2. easy to use and customizable.3. Support multiple human language (french,english,....) and multiple programming language.4. Used in a lot of development software project like website, Mobile App....5. Ah I like the market extension, it contains a lot of helpful packages and tools that every developer needs to optimize effort and time, and above all of that they are open source and free access. Cons there are no cons for vscode because it works very well for me. Switched from [Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/) 1\. the community behind vscode2. the market extension.3. the debug mode. Review Source AK Ali K. Freelancer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Visual Studio Code review" August 12, 2022 5.0 My overall experience was great and I'm satisfied with Visual Studio Code and it fulfills most of my coding needs pretty much. Pros It is free and for a free software it has a lot of good features and it is also very easy to install and use. Cons Since it is a free software it lacks some features like dome plugins and integrations and helpful features which are only available in non free softwares. Review Source MF Mike F. System engineer Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The IDE Swiss Army knife " June 15, 2023 5.0 Pros The git integrations and integrations with tools like docker make it very easy to use and setup. Cons At times it can be a little slow on larger projects Switched from [UltraEdit](https://www.capterra.com/p/183163/UltraEdit/) Better suited to our workflow Review Source VR Verified Reviewer product management Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Application that feels peaceful (or chaos) when the screen is turned on" April 2, 2023 5.0 It is the developer environment that I usually use, from training to product. It is an application that is very common, very familiar and has more than enough features in my opinion. Pros It is open to use by everyone, offers all its features without any fee, facilitates access to those needed in the development environment with its third-party application support, and is quite sufficient for review, compilation, bug detection, real time development processes.One of the features I like is that it offers comfortable, customizable options for code readability. Cons On the code editing side (Tidy), I think it can offer better solutions. It may offer a more built-in solution for installation on the Mac side.Maven etc. It can be ensured that tools or Java simulators work more healthily. Review Source Aditya D. Web Developer Intern Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A hollow shell of an IDE, which given the proper extensions is unstoppable" September 21, 2019 5.0 A+. This IDE is nearly perfect. Pros The extensions are what make this IDE so good. This IDE starts simple and small. Built for executing JS code. But, add extensions to run other languages, and it does that too as if it was built to do that from the ground up. And it doesn't just stop at supporting other languages. Because of the sizable amount of Open source and freemium extension developer community, the features that can be added to this IDE is mind boggling. It starts as an empty shell. But boost it up with the extensions and this thing is a beast. And not to mention the themes. Oh the dark themes are love. Cons At this point it's nit picking, but the maybe have an user manual or guide for fresh coders. I would suggest everyone who is starting to code to start on Visual Studio Code. But, without proper guidance or the know how as to what to do about certain stuff( eg. setting the debug config json, or the Chrome live server), it becomes a little cumbersome to read stackoverflow and do it. It is perfectly fine for people who have been coding for a while now, but for people who are starting, it would be a big help. Switched from [Sublime Text](https://www.capterra.com/p/179535/Sublime-Text/) Found Visual Studio Code to have better support Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Source Code Management](https://www.capterra.com/source-code-management-software/)