In the Visual Studio menu bar, click Extensions, then click Manage Extensions.
In the Manage Extensions window, click Visual Studio Marketplace, search for Windsurf, and then click Download.
Alternatively, download the VSIX package from the marketplace and double click to install.
Close Visual Studio, the VSIX Installer should opens and asks for the confirmation to install, click Modify.
Open or create a new project in Visual Studio. You should see a notification with a button to Sign in, click on it.
If for some reasons this notification does not appear, please go to Extensions > Windsurf > Sign in instead.
This will open the browser and ask you to sign into your Windsurf account. If you do not have a Windsurf account yet, you will be redirected to create an account.
Why do we require an account? In order to remove abuse of the product and make sure that we know you are an early user, we ask to authorize Windsurf extensions with an account before use. We do not use, share, or sell any identifying information for any purpose.
Once you sign in, you will automatically be signed in to the Windsurf extension on Visual Studio.