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.