
AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
Shortwave records 193,316 monthly visits with -5.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. VS Code records 7,397,370 monthly visits with -3.8% growth and Freemium pricing.

Automate your email with AI
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | shortwave.com | code.visualstudio.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 193.32K (193,316) | 7.4M (7,397,370) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -10.44K (-5.1%) | -288.8K (-3.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (66.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (18.9%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 155.93K | 2.17M |
| User Rating | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |

Automate your email with AI
A conversational agent that organizes your inbox, identifies what matters, drafts replies, writes scheduling emails and runs multi-step workflows from a single prompt.
Plain-language AI filters and scripts that automatically label, archive, star or sweep messages so you reach inbox zero faster.
Ask questions in natural language and search across your own messages — or your whole team's emails and attachments — to get answers rather than links.
Shared threads, private comments, assigned next steps and shared labels give a team one live view of important conversations.

Write code with precision, hand bigger jobs to agents, and keep working from anywhere
Agents open the repository, form a plan, edit multiple files and explain the changes so you can review each diff before accepting it. You can also run several agents in parallel to push a backlog forward.
Point the editor at Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft or open-weight models, or bring your own key. Pick the Copilot, Claude or Codex harness that matches how you like to work.
JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS work out of the box, and Marketplace extensions add IntelliSense, linting, refactoring and debuggers for Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust and more.
Integrated terminal, source control, debugger, testing, Jupyter notebooks, an integrated browser and Dev Containers all live in one window, so you stay close to the code.

AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
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