Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to VS Lounge
Why I made this: Since I started developing with LLM, I often find myself checking social media or doing other things while they're coding. I created this extension because I thought it would reduce switching costs and allow me to continue development if I didn't have to leave the editor during this waiting time. This may seem contradictory, but I think it's an interesting idea. Note: As this is a VSCode extension, it can only be used with VSCode and its forks, and Github authentication is required to log in. Marketplace URL:…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Edit HTML files visually. Contribute to urin/vscode-web-visual-editor development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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VS Code extension that encourages you to take a break. - schneefux/vscode-winddown
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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vsChat▲117Chat with developers around the world using VSCode
2020 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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VS Code extension for building web applications ("swings") using a interactive and editor-integrated coding environment - lostintangent/codeswing
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Recently, I saw Github Next Code Brushes (https://githubnext.com/projects/code-brushes) which is a VSCode extension that can use AI to do things like make your code more readable, add types, etc. This inspired me: what if there was an extension that could use AI to make your code worse as well? Meet Spaghettify. An extension I developed that can do things like: - Obscure your code - Introduce a bug - Make the variable names way too descriptive - Use nonsymmetrical whitespace - Add irrelevant/rambling comments - Document the code with emoji - Document the code in any…
2023 · spaghettify.dev · its alternatives →
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Chat with your Slack and Discord teams from within VS Code
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Instantly share code snippets from VS Code with shortcut. Supports all programming languages. No sign-up, no hassle. Perfect for quick code reviews, debugging, or showing off your work.
2025 · snippetshare.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey developers I think we're tired of copying and pasting our codes and sharing links using PasteBin, GithubGist, or Slack. What if you could share the codes without copying the link and share them right from your favorite editor? That was the motivation for creating TurboGist. Right now, it's still in the MVP stage, and I'm trying to gather feedback from developers like you. It's available as a beta in the VS Code Extension store. Can you guys check this out? It'd help me a lot. You don't need to pay any penny, 100% FREE. However, I'm working on introducing a self-hosted feature. Besides, a…
2025 · turbogist.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built a free, and completely open source, visual studio code extension, which generates tweets based on commits you select. While I was working on webtilities.com, an idea came to me: wouldn't it be cool that I could market this thing inside my editor. Ah, i'm truly lazy. Well, I spent a week building this thing that I bet no one will need because: * "This wont work. My commit messages are terrible" * "This is stupid, I can just use ChatGPT/Gemini/[Insert Chat Platform] directly" * "This is stupid, I get BILLED for using openai tokens" ... And the list goes on. But, I…
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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A VS Code extension to track your 100 Days of Code progress.
2020 · antenna.dev · its alternatives →
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TextBin▲104A privacy focused open source alternative to paste bin
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN community, A few friends of mine and I built Tym – a small VS Code extension that makes it easy to share code snippets and get feedback from your teammates. With Tym, you can select a snippet of code and add a question or terminal dump right from the right-click menu. Your teammates can then easily browse your code in a web-based version of VSCode, even if you have uncommitted changes (we make a commit to a hidden git reference in your repo). We made Tym so we don’t have to go to Github and find lines every time we want to share a piece of code. With Tym, you can stay in VS Code and…
2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Bring testing playground into VS Code
2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Send your messages and files to Slack without leaving VSCode
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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📘 VS Code extension for managing and sharing code snippets, notes and interactive samples using GitHub Gists - lostintangent/gistpad
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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React VSCode framework to build custom extensions easily
2023 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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A VSCode extension for browsing and searching LLMS.txt files
2025 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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VSCode Extension for sharing code context with AI chats
2025 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built this extension because the context switching was killing my productivity. Every time I switched to the browser to share a coding update (#BuildInPublic), I ended up doomscrolling for 20 minutes and losing my flow. Since existing extensions broke with the X API v2 changes, I decided to build my own solution focusing on privacy and the Free Tier limits. How it works: BYOK (Bring Your Own Keys): It uses your own API credentials. Security: Keys are stored locally using vscode.SecretStorage (never in settings.json). Limits: It implements a local counter to respect the strict 17…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Best way I’ve found so far to manage multiple projects in VSCode. Pitch: “ It helps you to easily access your projects, no matter where they are located. Don't miss those important projects anymore.”
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built this browser extension to solve a daily frustration: copying documentation from websites to feed into AI coding assistants like Cursor, Windsurf, or ChatGPT, only to get a mess of ads, popups, and navigation junk mixed in with the actual content. LLMFeeder uses Mozilla's Readability.js (same tech as Firefox Reader Mode) to extract just the main article content, converts it to clean markdown with Turndown.js, and copies it to your clipboard with a single keyboard shortcut (Alt+Shift+M or ⌥ ⇧ M). No clicking through popups, no selecting around ads, no fighting with modern web clutter.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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