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# Visual Studio Code - Open Source
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[](https://aka.ms/vscode-builds)
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[](https://gitter.im/Microsoft/vscode)
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[VS Code ](https://code.visualstudio.com ) is a new type of tool that combines the simplicity of
a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle. Code
provides comprehensive editing and debugging support, an extensibility model, and lightweight integration with existing tools.
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VS Code is updated monthly with new features and bug fixes. You can download it for Windows, macOS, and Linux on [VS Code's website ](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download ). To get the latest releases every day, you can install the [Insiders version of VS Code ](https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders ). This builds from the master branch and is updated at least daily.
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< img alt = "VS Code in action" src = "https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/11839736/16642200/6624dde0-43bd-11e6-8595-c81885ba0dc2.png" >
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The [`vscode` ](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode ) repository is where we do development and there are many ways you can participate in the project, for example:
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* [Submit bugs and feature requests ](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues ) and help us verify as they are checked in.
* Review [source code changes ](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pulls ).
* Review the [documentation ](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs ) and make pull requests for anything from typos to new content.
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## Contributing
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If you are interested in fixing issues and contributing directly to the code base,
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please see the document [How to Contribute ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute ), which covers the following:
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* [How to build and run from source ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#build-and-run-from-source )
* [The development workflow, including debugging and running tests ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#development-workflow )
* [Coding Guidelines ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Coding-Guidelines )
* [Submitting pull requests ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#pull-requests )
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* [Contributing to translations ](https://aka.ms/vscodeloc )
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Please see also our [Code of Conduct ](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md ).
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## Feedback
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* Ask a question on [Stack Overflow ](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vscode ).
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* Request a new feature on [GitHub ](CONTRIBUTING.md ).
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* Vote for [popular feature requests ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Afeature-request+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc ).
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* File a bug in [GitHub Issues ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues ).
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* [Tweet ](https://twitter.com/code ) us with other feedback.
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## Related Projects
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Many of the core components and extensions to Code live in their own repositories on GitHub. For example, the [node debug adapter ](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-node-debug ) and the [mono debug adapter ](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-mono-debug ).
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For a complete list, please see the [Related Projects ](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Related-Projects ) page on our wiki.
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## License
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Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Licensed under the [MIT ](LICENSE.txt ) License.
