VS Code
132 projects shared since May 2026 were built for VS Code.
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Summary
Builders made 132 add-ons, companions or plugins for VS Code since May 2026, 50 of them in the last 12 weeks. Over the last 4 weeks, CrickCoder drew the most discussion (19 comments). It provides pay-per-use AI autocomplete and chat inside VS Code and JetBrains sidebars, billed at raw API cost plus a margin. Most projects built for it are AI coding agent tooling, Codebase analysis for AI-written code and Terminal workspaces for AI agents. 18 projects were pitched as alternatives to it.
Projects built with it
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Share of stated stacks, last 4 weeks
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Adjusted trend, last 4 weeks vs previous 8 weeks
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Add-ons built for it
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Share of stated stacks, each week
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Latest add-ons built for VS Code
- mobile-serve — Serves a project folder on the local network so it can be opened and tested on other devices like phones.“VSC extension I built to make it easier to serve on your network and test on other devices.”
- Currently at 900 users for… — Provides a Cursor extension that has reached about 1,000 downloads across Cursor, VS Code and Xcode.“Currently at 900 users for cursor alone ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა”
- tensorViz — Renders PyTorch nn.Module code as an expandable graph of layers with captured tensor shapes, linked back to source.“I made a visual map for PyTorch models that opens beside the code”
- Lodestar — Explains code paths step by step with clickable lines, describes functions on hover, and reviews uncommitted changes or commits for bugs and security issues.“I made a VS Code extension that walks you through how a codebase works”
- Aqua Spider: Water Reminder — Shows animated character reminders to drink water in the browser or editor and pauses during meetings.“Made a Chrome extension where a hero drops onto whatever page you're on and nags you to drink water”
- Rippledit — Shows inline in VS Code how many files a React/TypeScript component or hook change affects, and lists the affected files and lines via AST analysis.“I built Rippledit – an AST impact analyzer for React/TS to see what breaks before you commit (Looking for honest feedback!)”
- WispInbox — Provides disposable email inboxes through a web UI, an API, and VS Code and Cursor extensions for receiving signup verification codes.“free temp mail + OTP API — just shipped VS Code/Cursor extensions. What would you build next?”
- mangabar — Displays manga from MangaDex and Tachiyomi sources in a VS Code side panel with offline downloads and zoom/pan.“made an offline manga reader inside vs code so i can read during compile times”
- Freekit — Connects VS Code to existing web AI chat accounts through browser automation, or to a local Ollama model, to generate and apply code changes.“I built Freekit, a free AI coding agent for VS Code that uses your existing web AI accounts (no API keys, no costs)”
- Mah — Compiles a custom programming language to portable bytecode and runs it on a virtual machine, with a type checker, formatter and editor support.“I spent way too long building my own programming language”
- vscode-ts-backend-snippets — Provides VS Code snippets that generate routes, controllers, middleware, error handlers and tests for Express 5 TypeScript backends.“VS Code Extension for Express 5 + TypeScript”
- CrickCoder — Provides pay-per-use AI autocomplete and chat inside VS Code and JetBrains sidebars, billed at raw API cost plus a margin.“I got tired of $20 mo AI subscriptions, built my own pay-per-use plugin, and immediately got destroyed by free-tier abuse.”
- Skill Canvas — Lets users sketch Claude Code and GitHub Copilot agent workflows on a visual canvas and export them as standard agent and skill files.“Skill Canvas - VSCode visual workflow editor for Claude Code agents and skills”
- Between — Coordinates two AI coding agents through repository diffs, having a reviewer agent write structured review files that the developer agent reacts to.“Between - two AI coding agents that only talk through git diff”
- xNode360 — Maps domains, servers, databases and services as connected nodes with health checks and secret expiry tracking.“I kept losing track of what runs where, so I built a live map of my infra”
Pitched as alternatives to VS Code
- Markify — Edits and reads Markdown documents in a native macOS editor with WYSIWYG and raw source modes.“Markify: a free, open-source native Markdown editor for macOS”
- IDE / Code Editor — Provides a minimal local code editor that pairs a terminal running AI coding agents with code review and editing tools.“IDE / Code Editor”
- Divan — Edits standalone Markdown files on macOS with inline preview that keeps syntax markers faintly visible.“Divan a lightweight Markdown editor that works just fine for Mac OS”
- I'm developing an AI code agent — Provides an AI coding agent that assists with writing and editing code inside a custom editor environment.“I'm developing an AI code agent”
- DataPad++ — Provides a desktop IDE for querying and managing many kinds of databases, with datastore-specific explorers, editors, and IntelliSense.“I got tired of basic VS Code database extensions, so I built a dedicated desktop IDE for all my databases”
- Astro — Edits code files in a lightweight desktop code editor built with Tauri, Monaco, and a real terminal.“I built a code editor from scratch that uses ~9 MB of RAM”
- intentic — Runs a self-hosted IDE in Docker where AI agents work on codebases, with tools for token saving, codebase indexing, and code health checks.“I've made an IDE.”
- TrueDeck — Manages CLI coding agent sessions by restoring them automatically and keeping project memory across projects.“Open Source Agent Deck”
- Agentic IDE with maximum… — Provides an IDE that exposes live agent terminal streams, running processes, bound ports, and tool call diagnostics while AI agents code.“Agentic IDE with maximum observability”
- Portus — Provides a multi-tab terminal shell with file browsing, file editing, git integration and session persistence for running and monitoring AI coding agent CLIs.“Finally I built the vibe-coding console of my dreams! Portus is an opensource, multi-tab shell that let me run and monitor agents, just that, no fancy dashboards bs. Check it out!”
- 1DevTool — Runs multiple AI coding terminals in one window with prompt pasting, notifications, file viewing and a built-in browser.“My IDE for vibe coders gets 60 daily active users”
- Conduit — Runs multiple AI coding agent sessions as terminals in one window and alerts when an agent needs input.“I built Conduit: All your AI Agents in one window.”
- OmniDev — Runs an editor-independent AI coding agent in the terminal that saves each planning step to a file so interrupted tasks can resume.“I got tired of VS-Code locked AI Agents losing their memory when my computer crashed. So I built an Editor-Agnostic, Crash-Proof Agent for the terminal.”
- VoidIDE — Provides a standalone code editor with an AI agent that can use built-in or bring-your-own models, plus visual HTML preview and editing.“VoidIDE - Agentic IDE”
- Origin AI IDE — Provides a lightweight desktop code editor with AI agent, chat, and autocomplete features that routes requests to the user's own model API keys.“I built an opensource AI-native IDE under 8 MB”