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Best alternatives to Open with Visual Studio Code - Github (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Open with Visual Studio Code, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Open with Visual Studio Code: reviews, users and permissionsBest Workflow & Planning extensions

Open with Visual Studio Code - Github today

≈5K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years1 permissions

Open with Visual Studio Code alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Open in VSCode

    Open Github and Gitlab links in VSCode

    ≈10K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago4 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
    Open in VSCode alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    Github to vscode

    Quickly open github repos with vscode.dev or clone a repo directly to vscode.

    ≈1K users3.7★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  3. 3

    VS Code Web

    An extension to open a GitHub repo in VS Code Web

    ≈6K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  4. 4

    Open in Colab

    Open a Github-hosted notebook in Google Colab

    ≈100K users3.7★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago1 permissions
    • About 20× more users than Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  5. 5

    GitKraken

    The GitKraken Browser Extension bridges your hosted git repositories to GitKraken Desktop and with GitLens in VS Code.

    ≈9K users4.6★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago9 permissions
    • About 1.8× more users than Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  6. 6

    Codeanywhere

    Cloud IDE · Online Code Editor · Codeanywhere - this extension enables opening Codeanywhere workspaces from Git provider sites.

    ≈7K users4.0★ from 197 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  7. 7

    Visual Python for Colab

    GUI-based Python code generator for Google Colab as an extension

    ≈8K users4.9★ from 10 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions
    • About 1.6× more users than Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  8. 8

    Code Formatter

    A Chrome extension to identify fonts & stlyes used by a web page.

    ≈5K users4.2★ from 34 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions
    • A similar number of users to Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  9. 9

    Leetcode format

    Adds Format code button on leetcode to format the code using Prettier code formatter

    ≈4K users4.2★ from 31 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions
    • A similar number of users to Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  10. 10

    Local Markdown Viewer

    Preview local Markdown files with beautiful GitHub-style rendering

    ≈5K users4.6★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 5 months agoNo special permissions
    • A similar number of users to Open with Visual Studio Code
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
    • Listed under Tools
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Open with Visual Studio Code alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Open with Visual Studio Code?

By users, the most popular alternative is Open in Colab with ≈100K users and a 3.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Open in VSCode.

Which Open with Visual Studio Code alternative has the best rating?

Codeanywhere has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.0 out of 5 from 197 ratings.

Is there a Open with Visual Studio Code alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Code Formatter asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for Open with Visual Studio Code.

How many alternatives to Open with Visual Studio Code are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Open with Visual Studio Code on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.