Visual Studio Code's desktop application is built on Electron, which combines Chromium with web and Node.js technologies.

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"Visual Studio Code’s desktop application is built on Electron, which combines Chromium with web and Node.js technologies."

Microsoft identifies Electron as the main framework enabling VS Code for desktop across Windows, macOS, and Linux, combining Chromium, browser APIs, V8, Node.js, and platform integration APIs.

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Source title Migrating VS Code to Process Sandboxing

Source authors Benjamin Pasero

Source year 2022

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