If you are running Linux locally, the VS Code prerequisites drive most of the requirements. If you encounter an issue that only occurs with a particular extension, contact the extension authors for information on their native dependencies. These platforms are considered in 'preview' for this reason. Some extensions also contain compiled native code that may not work on Alpine Linux, or ARMv7 (AArch32), or ARMv8 (AArch64). Note that other extensions may have dependencies beyond those listed here.

This document provides information on requirements as well as tips to help you get up and running even if your configuration is only community-supported. However, if you are using a non-standard configuration or downstream distribution of Linux, you may run into issues. macOS 10.14+ (Mojave) SSH hosts with Remote Login enabled.

Windows 10 / Server 2016/2019 SSH hosts (1803+) using the official OpenSSH Server and enabling in VS Code settings.The following non-Linux SSH hosts are also supported: Alpine Linux 64-bit x86 containers or WSL hosts (3.9+) in Dev Containers, WSL.Raspberry Pi OS ARMv7l (AArch32) 32-bit (Stretch/9+) (previously called Raspbian).The extensions are known to work when connecting to recent stable/LTS version of: Visual Studio Code Remote Development has prerequisites for the specific host / container / WSL distribution you will be connecting to. Linux is a highly variable environment and the large number of server, container, and desktop distributions can make it difficult to know what is supported. Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.

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