Visual Studio 2026 Insiders

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders

The world’s most popular IDE just got smarter, faster

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This release brings AI woven directly into the developer workflow, performance improvements that reset expectations for speed at enterprise scale, and a modern design that makes the environment feel lighter and more focused.
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Free
Launch Team / Built With
Flowstep
Flowstep
Generate real UI in seconds
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What do you think? …

Chris Messina

Given competitor from @Cursor , @Windsurf , and @Zed — does VS Code have a chance to catch up?

Cruise Chen

For first time, VS Code stepping up against Cursor and Zed? Love seeing the competition heat up—anything that pushes better dev tools is a win for my late-night coding marathons. Curious if we’ll get some slicker AI integrations soon.....