Retrace
A visual timeline of your coding workflow in VS Code
What it does
Retrace helps you remember what you were doing in a codebase. It automatically records your coding activity locally and turns it into a visual timeline, so you can look back at previous context and jump back into your work. No account, no manual logging, and no cloud history.
Extension for Visual Studio Code - Local-first VS Code extension that tracks developer workflow context, active time per file, line changes, and cursor bookmarks.
Retrace automatically captures how you work inside VS Code and turns your coding activity into a visual, searchable history of your development workflow. Instead of trying to remember “What was I doing here?”, Retrace lets you retrace the path you actually took — across files, branches, repositories, sessions, and code changes. Your workflow stays local-first, with activity stored on your machine rather than requiring a cloud dashboard or external productivity service. You open a component → jump into an API → inspect a database file → switch branches → return to the original component → experiment somewhere else → come back hours later. A few days later, you know the code works — but you…from marketplace.visualstudio.com
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