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Visual Studio Code vs IntelliJ IDEA: catalog facts
Visual Studio Code	IntelliJ IDEA
Free Free to download and use. GitHub Copilot and other AI features are separate paid…	Freemium The Community Edition is free. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate requires a paid subscription.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Extensions for essentially every language and framework Remote development over SSH, in containers and in WSL	Refactorings and inspections that understand the whole project, not just the file Community Edition is free and open source
The shipped build is not open source and collects telemetry by default Its extension marketplace is licensed for Microsoft builds only	Framework support, profiler and database tools are Ultimate features Indexing a large project is slow and memory-hungry
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Microsoft product licence	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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