VS Code
VS Code (Visual Studio Code) is a lightweight, open-source code editor developed by Microsoft, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, built-in Git version control, and debugging tools. Through an extensive extension marketplace, it supports virtually all mainstream programming languages and development frameworks, making it a widely adopted cross-platform development tool.
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LSP (Language Server Protocol) is a communication protocol designed and open-sourced by Microsoft in 2016 for VS Code.
Cursor is an AI-native code editor deeply rebuilt on VS Code, integrating large language model capabilities and supporting code completion, code generation, codebase Q&A, and other functions.
Cursor is an independent AI-native IDE forked from VS Code.
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The MCP pages of Cursor, Windsurf and VS Code do not document the relevant timeout configuration, so their transport/client defaults should be treated as unknown.
Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS; VS Code, Slack, Discord, and Screen Studio are all built on it.
Elementor has launched MCP functionality, establishing a direct connection between the website building tool and mainstream AI coding assistants (such as Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, etc.).
Monaco offers a powerful desktop experience with extremely complete functionality, including intelligent completion, multiple cursors, built-in diff, and language server protocol integration, but it is large (often on the order of several MB after bundling), and its interactions rely on mouse hover, right-click menus, and keyboard shortcuts, making the touchscreen experience disjointed.
REA's official documentation states that it supports more than ten clients, including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Devin, OpenCode, Antigravity, GitHub Copilot CLI, VS Code, Grok Build, and Hermes.
HydraFusion is only available through three entry points—Copilot CLI, VS Code 1.140 and above, and the GitHub Copilot app—and does not include cloud agents, JetBrains IDE, Visual Studio, or Copilot Chat on github.com.
Clients supported by mcp.tc include mainstream tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, and Gemini CLI.
CodeCook is a free VS Code extension licensed under the MIT license and is a coding agent embedded in the sidebar.
VS Code's Azure extension and Netlify Drop already provide a similar in-editor deployment experience, but they typically exist as standalone plugins.
Integrating visualization capabilities directly into the VS Code editor can reduce the cost of context switching.
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LSP (Language Server Protocol) is a communication protocol designed and open-sourced by Microsoft in 2016 for VS Code.
90%VerifiedCursor is an AI-native code editor deeply rebuilt on VS Code, integrating large language model capabilities and supporting code completion, code generation, codebase Q&A, and other functions.
90%VerifiedCursor is an independent AI-native IDE forked from VS Code.
90%VerifiedGitHub Copilot由GitHub与OpenAI合作开发，深度集成于VS Code和JetBrains系列IDE
90%VerifiedCursor is an AI-native IDE deeply customized on top of VS Code, embedding the capabilities of large language models directly into every aspect of the editor.
90%VerifiedCursor is built on an open-source fork of VS Code (Code - OSS).
90%VerifiedCursor is an AI-native code editor launched by Anysphere in 2023, built as a deep modification of VS Code.
90%VerifiedCursor is an AI-native code editor developed by Anysphere, built on a deeply modified version of VS Code.
90%VerifiedThe VS Code extension marketplace currently has more than 50,000 extensions.
90%VerifiedClaude Code currently has three main versions: a web version, a CLI command-line version, and a plugin version integrated into editors such as VS Code, Cursor, and PyCharm.
80%VerifiedVS Code currently has a usage rate of over 70% among developers worldwide.
80%VerifiedVS Code has more than 40,000 extension plugins.
80%VerifiedElectron是由GitHub开发的跨平台桌面应用框架，VS Code、Slack、Discord等应用都基于Electron构建
80%VerifiedMainstream development tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code already support the MCP protocol.
80%VerifiedCline是一个允许AI直接操作开发环境的编程助手，能够创建/编辑文件、执行终端命令、进行浏览器操作
80%VerifiedTrae is an AI-native integrated development environment launched by ByteDance in early 2025, deeply customized based on the open-source core of VS Code.
80%VerifiedTongyi Lingma is an AI programming tool developed by Alibaba based on the Tongyi Qianwen large model, deeply integrated into VS Code and JetBrains series IDEs.
80%VerifiedVS Code is an open-source code editor launched by Microsoft in 2015, built on the Electron framework.
80%VerifiedCursor is an AI-native code editor built on VS Code with deep integration of large models such as GPT-4 and Claude.
80%VerifiedWell-known applications such as VS Code, Slack, and Discord are all built using the Electron framework.
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