Microsoft recently announced a list of the most useful Visual Studio Code extensions, based on the usage numbers. In this post, we will take a look at these top free extensions for Visual Studio Code.

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Microsoft has released the March 2025 (version 1.99) update for Visual Studio Code. It introduces lots of new features including accessibility improvements.

The Visual Studio Code product itself ships under a standard Microsoft product license, as it has a small percentage of Microsoft-specific customizations. It’s free despite the commercial license.

Visual Studio Code 1.100 brings compact editor view Detached editor windows can now be displayed more compactly and the AI-supported GitHub Copilot Chat also receives new functions in this release.

Visual Studio Code, the popular development text editor and IDE, has rolled out its big July 2025 release. The v1.103 update adds new Git and terminal integrations, better language support, and more.