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

46,885,933+161,527 7d3.6 ★ (12)
39,640,537+152,463 7d—

Easily switch between projects

7,569,137+16,773 7d4.8 ★ (144)
383,232+3,622 7d5.0 ★ (4)

Generate C/C++ Projects

410,168+453 7d4.6 ★ (11)
69,949+874 7d—

Basic LibMan support for VSCode

244,968+206 7d—
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Invoke multiple commands as one command.

189,837+457 7d4.9 ★ (48)
8,116+74 7d5.0 ★ (4)
189,354+1,470 7d1.0 ★ (6)
3,947,821+56,802 7d—

Open any workspace with a single click.

180,640+3,509 7d5.0 ★ (15)
63,242+3,324 7d5.0 ★ (1)

Load VSCode Tasks into Status Bar.

164,757+924 7d4.7 ★ (17)
31,506+334 7d—

Calculate command variables for launch.json and tasks.json

164,652+903 7d4.8 ★ (18)
32,680+290 7d—

VS Code extension to view and run tasks from Explorer pane

121,209+411 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.

101,106+261 7d5.0 ★ (7)
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Scaffold projects using Yeoman.

99,871+35 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).

98,503+73 7d5.0 ★ (5)
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Organize your workspaces in a speed-dial manner.

98,189+152 7d4.7 ★ (37)
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Manages extensions hosted in private NPM registries.

82,777+578 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Manage monorepos with multi-root workspaces. Supports Lerna, Yarn, Pnpm, Rushjs and recursive package directories

80,115+159 7d4.9 ★ (13)
7,659+106 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.

75,546+101 7d3.9 ★ (10)
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Add customizable buttons to the status bar to execute actions or tasks

73,646+454 7d4.5 ★ (20)
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Run tasks when saving files

53,233+190 7d3.8 ★ (10)
5,233+86 7d—

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

17,384+18 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

4,805+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+5 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.

1,810+9 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

1,313+3 7d—
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