Visual Studio 2026 Community 118.3.2

Overview

Free, full-featured and extensible tool for students, open-source and individual developers.

To find out what's new or to see the known issues, see the Visual Studio 2026 release notes.
System requirements

Customizations and Optional features

By default, the package installs only the bare minimum required (the Core Editor workload). The easiest way to add more development features is to use the workload packages listed in the Release Notes section.

All package parameters are passed to the Visual Studio installer, enabling full customization of the installation. The possible parameters are described here. The package passes --norestart --wait by default, and --quiet, unless --passive is specified in the package parameters.

After installing the package, more features can also be added by launching the Visual Studio Installer application from the Start Menu.

The language of the installed software can be controlled using the package parameter --locale language. The list of languages is presented here. By default, the operating system display language is used.

Full installation

This command will install Visual Studio with all available workloads and optional components, display progress during the installation and specify the English language regardless of operating system settings:

choco install visualstudio2026community --package-parameters "--allWorkloads --includeRecommended --includeOptional --passive --locale en-US"

More package parameter examples

Notes

A reboot may be required after (or even before) installing/uninstalling this package. If control over reboots is required, it is advisable to install the dependencies (esp. dotnetfx 4.8.0) first, perform a reboot if necessary, and then install this package.

Some parameters, including --allWorkloads, --includeRecommended and --includeOptional, are only valid during the initial installation of Visual Studio and may cause failures if used during upgrade. For reliability, it is recommended to avoid using these parameters and install workloads using the workload packages listed in the Release Notes section.

No packages depend on visualstudio2026community.

##### Software [Visual Studio 2026 release notes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2026/release-notes) ##### Package 118.3.2.0: - Package metadata updated for Visual Studio 2026 version 18.3.2 (the native installer always installs the latest released Visual Studio 2026 Insiders build). - Updated bootstrapper url. #### Available workload packages - [Azure development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-azure) - [Data storage and processing](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-data) - [Data science and analytical applications](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-datascience) - [.NET desktop development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-manageddesktop) - [Game development with Unity](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-managedgame) - [Linux development with C++](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-nativecrossplat) - [Desktop development with C++](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-nativedesktop) - [Game development with C++](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-nativegame) - [Mobile development with C++](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-nativemobile) - [Mobile development with .NET](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-netcrossplat) - [ASP.NET and web development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-netweb) - [Node.js development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-node) - [Office/SharePoint development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-office) - [Python development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-python) - [Universal Windows Platform development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-universal) - [Visual Studio extension development](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-visualstudioextension)

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