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wazz
wazz

Reputation: 5068

What are the system requirements for vscode?

What are the system requirements for vscode?

The download page only shows the different platforms this is available on, but doesn't mention any requirements such as Windows version (i know it doesn't work on XP) or additional required components, such as the .NET framework.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 17011

Answers (4)

starball
starball

Reputation: 50484

You can find the official documentation about this at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/requirements. Quoting the main parts:

Hardware

Visual Studio Code is a small download (< 200 MB) and has a disk footprint of < 500 MB. VS Code is lightweight and should easily run on today's hardware.

We recommend:

  • 1.6 GHz or faster processor
  • 1 GB of RAM

Platforms

VS Code is supported on the following platforms:

  • Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit)
  • macOS versions with Apple security update support. This is typically the latest release and the two previous versions.
  • Linux (Debian): Ubuntu Desktop 18.04, Debian 10
  • Linux (Red Hat): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, Fedora 35

You can find a list of things that aren't supported, and additional Linux requirements in that official document.

You can often find end-of-platform-support notices in the release notes just by searching for "has ended". Ex. Google searching "site:code.visualstudio.com/updates "support has ended""

Upvotes: 0

Smonson
Smonson

Reputation: 11

It's not listed in their requirements, but you'll also need a decent video card. It may seem ridiculous, since it's mainly displaying text, but vscode's GPU hardware requirement is well beyond what other applications require. There is a switch --disable-gpu to switch it to software rendering but it's still laggy.

Upvotes: 1

Alim &#214;zdemir
Alim &#214;zdemir

Reputation: 2624

As of Version 1.32

  • 1.6 GHz or faster processor with 1 GB RAM recommended
  • OS X Yosemite
  • Windows 7 (with .NET Framework 4.5.2), 8.0, 8.1 and 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Linux with GLIBCXX version 3.4.15 or later, GLIBC version 2.15 or later, tested with Linux (Debian): Ubuntu Desktop 14.04, Debian 7, Linux (Red Hat): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, Fedora 23

Upvotes: 0

Sofian Hnaide
Sofian Hnaide

Reputation: 2364

System requirements for VSCode are available on the documentation page.

In a nutshell, VSCode now is self contained for Linux, Mac and Windows. There is a complete list for the additional helpful tools available on the setup page.

Upvotes: 5

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