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Ali Abdi
Updated: 1 year ago

VSCode Extensions

📤 Export Extensions

To export your locally installed VSCode extensions into a file, follow the steps below. This will save all your installed extensions along with their marketplace links into a file named vscode-extensions.txt .

🪟 Windows

code --list-extensions | ForEach-Object { "# https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=$_`n$_`n" } | Out-File vscode-extensions.txt -Encoding utf8; Write-Host "✅  Extensions exported.";

🐧 Linux

code --list-extensions | while read ext; do echo -e "# https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=$ext\n$ext\n"; done > vscode-extensions.txt; echo "✅  Extensions exported.";

📥 Install Exported Extensions

The scripts below will install the extensions listed in the file vscode-extensions.txt . Lines that are empty or start with # will be ignored.

🪟 Windows

Get-Content vscode-extensions.txt | Where-Object { -not ($_.StartsWith("#") -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_)) } | ForEach-Object { code --install-extension $_ }

🐧 Linux

grep -v '^#' vscode-extensions.txt | xargs -r -n 1 code --install-extension

I recommend you download the list of extensions file . Review the extensions listed in the file by clicking on their links to see which ones suit your needs. Remove any unnecessary extensions from the file, and then use the script below to install the remaining ones.

To install all the extensions, execute the following commands:

🪟 Windows

Invoke-WebRequest https://abditory.vercel.app/vscode-extensions.txt -OutFile vscode-extensions.txt

Navigate to the directory where the file is saved, and run the following PowerShell command:

Get-Content vscode-extensions.txt | Where-Object { -not ($_.StartsWith("#") -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_)) } | ForEach-Object { code --install-extension $_ }

🐧 Linux

curl -o vscode-extensions.txt https://abditory.vercel.app/vscode-extensions.txt
grep -v '^#' vscode-extensions.txt | xargs -L 1 code --install-extension

To install only my recommended extensions (extensions marked with 🟢), run the following commands:

🪟 Windows

Get-Content vscode-extensions.txt | ForEach-Object { if ($_ -match "^#! 🟢") { $install = $true } elseif ($install -and -not ($_ -match "^#" -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_))) { code --install-extension $_; $install = $false } }

🐧 Linux

awk '/^#! 🟢/ {flag=1; next} flag && !/^#/ && NF {system("code --install-extension "$0); flag=0}' vscode-extensions.txt

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