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Visual D

Visual D is a Visual Studio package that provides project management, language services, and debugger integration. It works with Visual Studio 2008 - 2026 including Professional and Community versions. See the Installation instructions, especially if using older versions of Visual Studio.

Visual D aims to provide seamless integration of the D programming language into Visual Studio.

	Latest release: Visual D 1.5.0
If you are just starting with the D programming language and don't have a compiler installed, then this download provides you with everything to get you started with writing D program in Visual Studio including the reference compiler DMD 2.113.0 and the LLVM-based compiler LDC 1.43.0:	download size approx 110 MB
If you are a Visual D user or have a D compiler already installed, then this download provides you with an update to enhance your experience in Visual Studio:	download size approx 12 MB
Cutting edge prereleases if you want to try the most recent improvements to Visual D:	Beta releases

Overview

Use the navigation bar on the left to take a tour of Visual D including a lot of screen shots.

Project management with all DMD options available through the UI
Seamless VC project integration
Syntax highlighting with special version and token string support
Code completion and tooltips based on semantic analysis of source code
Underlining of syntax errors
Go to definition
Parameter information tooltips
Code outlining
Symbol/File search window
Integration with the Visual Studio debugger through native D expression evaluation or custom debug engine Mago
Profiler browse window
Code Coverage support
Support for the Error List, Code Definition window, Object Browser, and Class View
C++ to D Conversion Wizard
Support for building with LDC and GDC instead of DMD
Written mostly in D

News

Full version history and complete details...

2025-07-15 Version 1.5.0

installer now supports VS 2026
full installer now bundled with DMD 2.113.0 and LDC 1.43.0
dmdserver executable selected by installed dmd version (2.110+ - 2.114-beta1)
VC project integration: generic support for future versions 18.1-18.15

2025-07-15 Version 1.4.1

lots of improvements to the mago debugger extension
dmdserver updated to frontend of DMD 2.111.0
full installer now bundled with DMD 2.111.0 and LDC 1.40.1
VC project integration: added support to build for ARM64 with LDC

2025-03-14 Version 1.4.0

fixed msbuild integration for VS 2022 17.5 - 17.14
now works with Visual Studio for Windows on ARM64
dmdserver updated to frontend of DMD 2.110.0, improved completion
full installer now bundled with DMD 2.110.0 and LDC 1.40.0
for better responsiveness mago debug extension now executes visualizer calls asynchronously

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