About Visual Studio BuildTools 2026
These Build Tools allow you to build Visual Studio projects from a command-line interface.
Visual Studio BuildTools 2026 18.11.2
These Build Tools allow you to build Visual Studio projects from a command-line interface.
- By Microsoft Corporation
- Proprietary
Technical details
| Publisher | Microsoft Corporation |
|---|---|
| Version | 18.11.2 |
| License | Proprietary |
| Installer type | exe |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | Microsoft.VisualStudio.BuildTools |
Links & install command
Install Visual Studio BuildTools 2026 from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=Microsoft.VisualStudio.BuildTools -eOlder versions
- 18.11.1
- 18.11.0
- 18.10.4
- 18.10.2
- 18.10.1
- 18.10.0
- 18.9.3
- 18.9.1
- 18.9.0
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