Visual Studio for Mac
The macOS integrated developer environment (IDE) designed for creating powerful, scalable .NET applications for Azure.
Overview
Designed for cloud solutions
Develop and deploy .NET cloud applications to production using powerful integration tools. Visual Studio for Mac features and capabilities let you quickly and efficiently create highly secure applications optimised for the cloud.
- Work with Git repositories directly in the macOS IDE, thanks to deep integration with source control. Edit your .NET projects using a powerful code editor with support for advanced refactoring and IntelliSense. Work across teams and operating systems and collaborate with other .NET developers.
- Build apps that run on any platform, using .NET Core. Take advantage of the Visual Studio for Mac best-in-class editor for C#, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, and streamline your web apps using Leaner Style Sheets (LESS) and Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (SASS) advanced features.
- Work without signing in to Azure by using local emulators and tools. Then easily target your applications to the cloud when you’re ready to deploy. Run and debug serverless applications with .NET Azure Functions to respond to events in production—locally, in real time.
- Readily identify and fix bugs and performance issues in your cloud apps using a powerful debugger. Use Visual Studio for Mac Profiler to analyze memory leaks and stack calls, and Roslyn for real-time code analysis.
- Create scalable, event-driven solutions with .NET and Azure Functions. Edit, build, and run Functions on your local development computer, and debug Functions that have bindings to live Azure services. Easily push your Azure Functions project directly to the cloud using the IDE.
- Build microservices with Docker containers or simply containerize your .NET Core app with integrated Docker support. Quickly create and add a Dockerfile directly in the macOS IDE using the Solution Pad context menu. Build and debug your containerized apps with the full support of your IDE.
Features
Create and run .NET apps efficiently
Integrations
Deep integration with Azure DevOps and GitHub to enhance productivity.
Diagnostics
Advanced debugging to help you quickly find and fix bugs across languages.
Cross-platform
Full support for .NET Core to create highly performant and scalable web apps that run on any platform.
Serverless
Serverless compute power to build event-driven solutions with .NET and Azure Functions.
Security
Embedded security and compliance
34,000
Full-time equivalent engineers dedicated to security initiatives at Microsoft.
15,000
Partners with specialized security expertise.
>100
Compliance certifications, including over 50 specific to global regions and countries.
Pricing
Visual Studio for Mac pricing
Access developer tools, cloud services, software, support, and training—the complete package for building your next great app for any platform. Start free with the Visual Studio for Mac Community edition. Upgrade to Professional or Enterprise editions for enhanced subscription benefits for your teams.
Customers
Customers using Visual Studio for Mac
Resources
Developer resources
Frequently asked questions
- See minimum system requirements, including operating systems, hardware, and supported languages.
- By default, all applications on a Mac, including Visual Studio for Mac, are single-instance apps. If the application you want to use is already open, selecting the associated icon again opens the running instance rather than a new one. If you need additional instances of the application, you can prompt the system to open them for you.
- See purchase options.
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