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MongoDB for VS Code. Build Without Leaving Your IDE.

Build applications and work with your data in MongoDB directly from your VS Code environment.

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MongoDB for VS Code Extension Demo Video

See the MongoDB for VS Code Extension in action! Learn how to navigate your data in MongoDB, build queries and aggregations, and export them to popular programming languages, prototype with playgrounds, and more.

MongoDB Extension for GitHub Copilot

Now in public preview, enhance your Copilot experience with the MongoDB integration that helps generate accurate queries based on collection schemas, convert and test queries to and from programming languages, and quickly get answers from documentation right within the MongoDB for VS Code Extension.
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Navigate your MongoDB data

Connect to a MongoDB cluster, navigate through your databases and collections, get a quick overview of your schema and indexes, and see the documents in your collections.
An example of a MongoDB or Atlas cluster.
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MongoDB Playgrounds

The best way to prototype your CRUD operations and MongoDB commands:

  • Edit and run your playgrounds to see the results immediately
  • MongoDB syntax highlighting
  • Intelligent autocomplete for commands, operators and database, collection, and field names
  • Stage snippets to create aggregations quickly

Quick access to the MongoDB Shell

Launch the MongoDB Shell from the command palette to quickly connect to the same cluster you have active in VS Code.

An example of the MongoDB Shell connecting to a cluster in VS Code.
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Automate Atlas configuration with Terraform

Do you manage your infrastructure with Terraform? With MongoDB for VS Code, you can easily leverage the MongoDB Atlas Terraform Provider via a snippet to set up and configure your Atlas resources.

Export to language

Export your query or aggregation (including driver-specific language) to your programming language of choice. Current languages supported in include Node.js, Python, Java, C#, and Ruby.

An example of exporting a MongoDB query to Java

Resources

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Getting started

An introduction to MongoDB for VS Code and all the benefits that come with this integration.

Read the blog post
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Install and connect

MongoDB provides an extension for VS Code that allows you to work with your data directly within your coding environment.

See the documentation
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Community

Join discussions and ask questions about MongoDB for VS Code.

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Open source

MongoDB for VS Code is open-source under the Apache license.

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Ready to get started?

Download the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace and get started working with MongoDB from within your VS Code environment.
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