free-csharp-vscode The debugger included in the official C# extension is proprietary and is licensed to only work with Microsoft versions of vscode. This extension replaces it with Samsung's MIT-licensed alternative, NetCoreDbg . Installation Get the VSIX file Prebuilt binaries This extension is published at Open VSX . Download the vsix file from the latest release assests. Download the extension vsix from latest commit CI . Build from source git clone https://github.com/muhammadsammy/free-vscode-csharp.git cd free-vscode-csharp # Make sure you have NodeJS (https://nodejs.org) installed. npm install npm run vscode:prepublish npx gulp ' vsix:release:neutral ' Install the extension Open the editor then run Extensions: Install from VSIX from the command pallete and select the csharp-VERSION_NUMBER.vsix file.