Tools/DevOps, cloud & remote/Remote development

Remote development for VS Code

42 extensions we classified as Remote development, ranked by Marketplace installs. Updated nightly.

ExtensionInstalls / downloads · 7d gain · rating

Open any folder or repository inside a Docker container and take advantage of Visual Studio Code's full feature set.

41,896,851+119,035 7d4.1 ★ (59)
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Open any folder in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and take advantage of Visual Studio Code's full feature set.

40,754,181+77,315 7d4.8 ★ (85)
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Open any folder on a remote machine using SSH and take advantage of VS Code's full feature set.

37,617,866+143,061 7d3.6 ★ (222)
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View remote machines for SSH and Tunnels.

29,947,818+148,791 7d4.5 ★ (12)
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Connect to a remote machine through a Tunnel

9,029,366+29,677 7d4.1 ★ (10)
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Your instant dev environment

8,375,599+32,754 7d4.6 ★ (25)
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SFTP/FTP sync

1,545,710+5,082 7d4.0 ★ (89)
123,309+1,216 7d5.0 ★ (1)

SFTP/FTP sync

1,351,443+128 7d3.9 ★ (247)
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Auto-installed within Classic workspaces, required to provision extensions, task terminals, etc.

1,220,556+1,182 7d2.0 ★ (3)
26,140+76 7d—

Simple FTP/SFTP

1,200,056+973 7d3.0 ★ (234)
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File system, terminal and task provider using SSH

789,097+1,794 7d4.5 ★ (112)
87,338+1,458 7d5.0 ★ (3)

Provides a unified UI to interact with runtimes and servers managed over the RSP protocol.

779,826+2,115 7d2.0 ★ (3)
28,551+4,074 7d—

Connects vscode with open source community-driven servers and runtimes.

618,779+1,690 7d4.3 ★ (8)
30,342+528 7d—

Auto sync your work to remote FTP/SFTP server

412,073+191 7d3.2 ★ (106)
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Required to connect to Classic workspaces

339,631+160 7d4.7 ★ (3)
12,478+92 7d—

Support for connecting to Jupyter Hub in VS Code along with the Jupyter Extension

337,382+1,823 7d—
14,532+626 7d—

Edit configuration files with root privileges while using the Remote - SSH extension

325,800+738 7d5.0 ★ (31)
12,521+174 7d5.0 ★ (1)

VS Code extension, powered by Zowe CLI, that streamlines interaction with mainframe Data Sets, USS files, and Jobs

262,529+1,460 7d5.0 ★ (6)
208,459+2,764 7d—

[Deprecated] CodeSandbox support in VSCode. This extension is deprecated and will stop working on July 15th, 2026.

206,485+147 7d3.4 ★ (9)
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Enables X11 forwarding with the Remote - SSH extension.

201,365+114 7d5.0 ★ (5)
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Allows you to connect to SAP Business Application Studio dev spaces directly from a local Visual Studio Code desktop application.

196,091+1,377 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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A package that implements the Textmate's 'rmate' feature for VSCode.

195,468+71 7d4.3 ★ (20)
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Edit remote Linux files directly in VS Code.

165,137+188 7d3.3 ★ (16)
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Sets the DISPLAY variable when in a remote workspace so that GUI applications can be run from VS Code.

115,372+57 7d4.2 ★ (5)
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SFTP/FTP sync

114,278+445 7d4.3 ★ (14)
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Lets Private Extension Manager work in remote workspaces.

88,637+709 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Recommends using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and the WSL extension.

88,157+257 7d2.3 ★ (3)
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Define connections to InterSystems servers. Browse and manage those servers.

88,000+809 7d5.0 ★ (3)
18,217+140 7d—

SSH Terminal

73,204+179 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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Resource monitor for Gitpod Classic workspaces

59,765+53 7d—
93,257+136 7d5.0 ★ (2)

Deploys files of a workspace to a destination.

36,904+29 7d4.4 ★ (17)
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A VSCode extension to create a local tunnel through Cloudflare

34,948+244 7d5.0 ★ (4)
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Multi protocol support (like Azure, Dropbox, S3, (S)FTP or Slack) for handling remote files like local ones.

22,902+23 7d3.1 ★ (8)
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PRO Deployer - Simple and powerful SFTP/FTP deployer

22,520+45 7d4.4 ★ (13)
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auto login by ssh

9,899+1 7d5.0 ★ (1)
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magnet connector

5,660+37 7d5.0 ★ (3)
3,673+40 7d5.0 ★ (2)

yet another clash gui based on vscode.

4,569+23 7d—
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SFTP/FTP sync

2,827+2 7d3.0 ★ (2)
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Securely manage and launch remote Desktop (RDP), SSH (with certificate/key support), and other remote connections from within Visual Studio Code.

2,418+29 7d5.0 ★ (2)
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Manage Multipass Instances within Visual Studio Code

1,794+9 7d5.0 ★ (2)
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Manage your SSH connections to remote HP Z devices

1,647+98 7d5.0 ★ (2)
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Manage extensions for remote SSH development

1,198+1 7d—
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