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Open in external app for VS Code

18 extensions we classified as Open in external app, ranked by Marketplace installs. Updated nightly.

ExtensionInstalls / downloads · 7d gain · rating

Opens the current file with the default for the OS

471,314+1,075 7d4.3 ★ (18)
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Get relative url paths from files in the current workspace.

387,514+240 7d4.9 ★ (29)
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Added printing function to VS Code!!

374,767+221 7d4.6 ★ (44)
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Copy Relative Path from a File

311,829+247 7d3.7 ★ (19)
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Open file with external application in VSCode

220,088+694 7d5.0 ★ (20)
18,641+344 7d3.0 ★ (2)

Quickly open a new instance of VS Code from the Explorer

190,244+449 7d5.0 ★ (19)
2,320+44 7d—

Launch Beyond Compare with comparisons of files, folders, clipboards, and git repositories

112,203+707 7d4.2 ★ (10)
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Extract a filepath from the current cursor position and open the file

54,079+108 7d4.8 ★ (24)
9,085+106 7d—

Copy a file Python path

46,426+39 7d—
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Open a file in Visual Studio, Atom Editor, Emacs, IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, Sublime Text, PhpStorm, Vim, WebStorm or any other external editor from VS Code.

14,197+11 7d4.2 ★ (6)
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Integrates node.js module 'opn' to open files directly by default, or on your local web server using the default app set by the OS, or an app set by you. Great for rapid prototyping!

10,673+6 7d5.0 ★ (2)
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Copy relative path of active file, complementing the built-in workbench.action.files.copyPathOfActiveFile

3,878+4 7d3.7 ★ (3)
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A VS Code extension that allows you to seamlessly jump between JetBrains IDEs and other popular code editors (such as VS Code, Cursor, Trae, and Windsurf). It maintains your cursor position and editing context, greatly improving development efficiency in multi-editor environments.

2,906+10 7d5.0 ★ (1)
2,730+40 7d5.0 ★ (1)

Can open the file from the active editor tab in a new window so that you can easily move it across to another monitor for side by side editing

2,6780 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Copies filenames from menus

1,4610 7d5.0 ★ (3)
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An extension to open any file in the system handler.

1,106+3 7d5.0 ★ (2)
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Copy one or more selected file or folder names from the Explorer panel to the clipboard.

1,049+4 7d5.0 ★ (2)
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You can open related files, all files in a folder, open file in the browser and configure files to open together

1,0060 7d—
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