Visual Studio 2022
IDE / Editor ยท Enterprise .NET, C++, and game development with deep debugging and profiling
At a glance
| Pricing | Freemium |
| Setup effort | Low |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Released | 2022 |
| Open source | No |
| Interface | GUI |
| AI integration | AI via extension |
| Extensibility | Extensions |
| Collaboration | Live Share |
| Languages | C#, C++, VB.NET, F#, .NET ecosystem |
| Capabilities | Vim mode, Multi-cursor, Deep debugging, Profiling, IntelliCode, Live Share, Test Explorer, NuGet |
What Visual Studio 2022 does
Vim mode, Multi-cursor, Deep debugging, Profiling, IntelliCode, Live Share, Test Explorer, NuGet
Best for
Enterprise .NET, C++, and game development with deep debugging and profiling
Works well with
LLM Provider / Model
Agent / Orchestration
Conflicts & caveats
- Continue.dev only supports VS Code and JetBrains โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Cursor built-in only runs inside the Cursor editor โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Cline only supports VS Code and JetBrains IDEs โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Windsurf Cascade only runs inside Windsurf โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Amazon Q Developer does not officially support Visual Studio 2022 โ use VS Code or JetBrains.
- JetBrains AI Assistant only runs inside JetBrains IDEs โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Qodo officially supports VS Code and JetBrains โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Supermaven only supports VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and Zed โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Roo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Kilo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Zed Agent only runs inside the Zed editor โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Augment Code officially supports VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, and Neovim โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- OpenCode is a terminal-first CLI; running it inside Visual Studio 2022 works but the experience is in the embedded terminal.
- Amp (Sourcegraph) officially supports VS Code and JetBrains โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022. Use the CLI version otherwise.
- Cursor CLI works in any terminal but needs an active Cursor subscription โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022, which is fine but the cost is tied to Cursor.
- @codebase indexing is a Cursor-only feature, but your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
- Cursor Background Agents are dispatched from Cursor (desktop or mobile) โ your IDE is Visual Studio 2022.
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