
Minimum hardware and software requirementsīefore we get into extensions, let's talk briefly about what the minimum requirements for running VS Code are.Ī computer bought in the last few years with modest specifications should be able to run VS Code without any issues. Then I will outline how you can audit the performance of your existing extension suite, and give some general performance tips. I will also grade the performance of some popular extensions. In this article, I will explain the factors that affect the performance of an extension.

It has a tight set of core features, and you can add extra features through extensions.īut performance will inevitably be affected as your collection of extensions grows.ĭo you evaluate the performance of an extension before installing it? What do you do if the startup of VS Code grows? From the absence of people writing about this topic, I guess people don't know. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is designed to be lightweight.
