Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for building diverse digital solutions. It supports over 36 programming languages, includes a code editor with IntelliSense, a debugger, and designers for GUI, web, and databases. The Community edition is free and integrates with GitHub Copilot.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- .NET Framework








































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It’s one of the few items on the list that could actually replace it in a Production use case. Visual Studio is great but only for reproducing and debugging locally.