Is Visual Studio code free and safe?

The most basic edition of Visual Studio, the Community edition, is available free of charge . The slogan for Visual Studio Community edition is “Free, fully-featured IDE for students, open-source and individual developers”.

Visual Studio licensing terms For commercial projects, you can use Visual C++ for free as an individual or in teams of 5 or fewer . With bigger teams you’ll have to purchase a Visual Studio license for every developer working on the project.

No, Visual Studio is safe and reliable . However, there are untrusted websites where they will add virus to safe programs (like Visual Studio) and therefore we are always asking users to download it from the Official Microsoft Website.

Yes, VS Code is free for private or commercial use . See the product license for details.