Microsoft’s flagship free IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is massive. Depending on the workloads you select (e.g., .NET desktop development, Game development with Unity, or C++ cross-platform tools), the download size can balloon from 1 GB to over 40 GB.
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Layout_Selective --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --lang en-US Game dev with Unity and .NET (typical indie dev). visual studio community 2022 offline installer
vs_community.exe --layout C:\VS2022_Layout_Selective --config C:\VS2022_Layout_Selective\install_config.json Edit that JSON file to set silent options (e.g., "installChannelUri": ".\\ChannelManifest.json" ). .NET desktop development