# Visual Studio Code

Standing (still-up). Founded 2015-04-29.
Site: [code.visualstudio.com](https://code.visualstudio.com)

Microsoft, 29 Apr 2015. Still the editor the industry installed.

## Why it lasted
- Free, good enough, and the extension marketplace is a gravity well.
- Microsoft open-sourced the editor and kept the telemetry product. The editor won anyway.
- It became the default because schools, tutorials, and 'copy this launch.json' said so.

## Near deaths
- Thebes of Atom. VS Code ate its sibling.
- Cursor, Windsurf, and the fork era. They still ship as VS Code with a different chat. That is a compliment and a wobble for the core.

## What would finish it
- An AI-native editor that does not bother being VS Code compatible. The forks are trying. Most still are VS Code.

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