Tools/Workspace & files/Project & workspace managers

Project & workspace managers for VS Code

28 extensions we classified as Project & workspace managers, ranked by Marketplace installs. Updated nightly.

ExtensionInstalls / downloads · 7d gain · rating

Manage Java projects in Visual Studio Code

46,848,649+151,788 7d3.6 ★ (12)
39,617,696+153,002 7d—

Easily switch between projects

7,565,150+15,973 7d4.8 ★ (144)
382,717+3,572 7d5.0 ★ (4)

Generate C/C++ Projects

410,082+444 7d4.6 ★ (11)
69,761+770 7d—

Basic LibMan support for VSCode

244,923+193 7d—
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Invoke multiple commands as one command.

189,733+443 7d4.9 ★ (48)
8,114+78 7d5.0 ★ (4)
188,999+1,356 7d1.0 ★ (6)
3,937,977+57,350 7d—

Open any workspace with a single click.

180,046+3,560 7d5.0 ★ (15)
61,630+2,116 7d5.0 ★ (1)

Load VSCode Tasks into Status Bar.

164,454+788 7d4.7 ★ (17)
31,464+332 7d—

Calculate command variables for launch.json and tasks.json

164,353+792 7d4.8 ★ (18)
32,574+276 7d—

VS Code extension to view and run tasks from Explorer pane

121,085+412 7d5.0 ★ (7)
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Returns `workspaceFolder` as a WSL path. Useful where WSL format workspaceFolder path is required, e.g. for debug 'remoteRoot' property in launch config, etc.

101,037+277 7d5.0 ★ (7)
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Scaffold projects using Yeoman.

99,863+33 7d2.8 ★ (15)
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Emulates the new project button in eclipse to setup a Java project (including the classpath and .project files).

98,486+76 7d5.0 ★ (5)
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Organize your workspaces in a speed-dial manner.

98,143+141 7d4.7 ★ (37)
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Manages extensions hosted in private NPM registries.

82,614+603 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Manage monorepos with multi-root workspaces. Supports Lerna, Yarn, Pnpm, Rushjs and recursive package directories

80,086+215 7d4.9 ★ (13)
7,649+112 7d5.0 ★ (1)

An explorer panel that allows you to list your collection of workspaces and load them one at a time into the IDE or open a new window with the selected workspace.

75,509+109 7d3.9 ★ (10)
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Add customizable buttons to the status bar to execute actions or tasks

73,510+515 7d4.5 ★ (20)
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Run tasks when saving files

53,198+169 7d3.8 ★ (10)
5,221+98 7d—

Track changes on packages.json and show restore warning if need.

17,382+23 7d—
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5,792+1 7d3.0 ★ (2)
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Automatically build/launch whenever a folder is opened in VS Code

4,803+13 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Automatically activates the extensions of your choice on startup

3,064+2 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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for launch.json and tasks.json

2,833+6 7d—
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Project MCP is a Visual Studio Code extension that lets you define MCP servers available across your entire project. By placing a project.mcp.json file in your workspace, you can centrally manage and launch MCP servers for the whole project from a single configuration file.

1,809+15 7d—
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a sandbox in your project

1,768+2 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Removes unmaintained extensions

1,6590 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Reload window command in Statusbar

1,312+2 7d—
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