The primary draw of Visual Studio for Mac was its deep integration with the .NET ecosystem. It offered top-tier support for C# development, including:
Here’s an interesting, slightly nostalgic, and technically focused piece on . visual studio community for mac
But the honeymoon ended. As .NET Core matured and eventually became .NET 5/6/7, the gap between “real” Visual Studio and the Mac edition widened. Features lagged years behind. The project system was different. Some NuGet packages worked; many didn’t. And the UI—while clean—felt sluggish compared to Rider or even VS Code with C# extensions. The primary draw of Visual Studio for Mac