18 extensions we classified as Open in external app, ranked by Marketplace installs. Updated nightly.
Opens the current file with the default for the OS
Get relative url paths from files in the current workspace.
Open file with external application in VSCode
Quickly open a new instance of VS Code from the Explorer
Launch Beyond Compare with comparisons of files, folders, clipboards, and git repositories
Extract a filepath from the current cursor position and open the file
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.
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!
Copy relative path of active file, complementing the built-in workbench.action.files.copyPathOfActiveFile
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.
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
An extension to open any file in the system handler.
Copy one or more selected file or folder names from the Explorer panel to the clipboard.
You can open related files, all files in a folder, open file in the browser and configure files to open together