VS Code pricing

VS Code is ide / editor for AI coding — best for extension-rich general development across all languages. Here's how it's priced and what the free options are.

Pricing & plans

Pricing	Free
Open source	Yes
Setup effort	Zero

Free & open-source alternatives

Cursor — Freemium
Zed — Free
Neovim — Free
JetBrains — Freemium

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