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Best alternatives to VS Code Web (2026)

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

VS Code Web: reviews, users and permissionsBest Developer Tools extensions

VS Code Web today

≈6K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions

VS Code Web 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 1.7× more users than VS Code Web
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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  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 6.0× fewer users than VS Code Web
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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  3. 3

    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 VS Code Web
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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  4. 4

    Code formatter

    This extension can format HTML, CSS, Javascript & Json code.

    ≈2K users4.2★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 13 months agoNo special permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than VS Code Web
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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  5. 5

    Open with Visual Studio Code - Github

    Overrides Open in Visual Studio button on GitHub with Open in Visual Studio Code

    ≈5K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to VS Code Web
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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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 VS Code Web
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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  7. 7

    Open in Colab

    Open a Github-hosted notebook in Google Colab

    ≈100K users3.7★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago1 permissions
    • About 17× more users than VS Code Web
    • Updated more recently
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  8. 8

    Source Code Viewer

    Inspect, search, format, and export webpage source files in a private browser-based workspace.

    ≈1K users4.5★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago9 permissions
    • About 6.0× fewer users than VS Code Web
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 1)
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  9. 9

    Base64 decode & copy

    Decode & copy selected Base64-encoded text in one step!

    ≈4K users4.7★ from 7 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years4 permissions
    • About 1.5× fewer users than VS Code Web
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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  10. 10

    Base 64 Decode

    Add a right-click option to base64 decode text

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions
    • About 6.0× fewer users than VS Code Web
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
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VS Code Web alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to VS Code Web?

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 VS Code Web 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 VS Code Web alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Code Formatter asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for VS Code Web.

How many alternatives to VS Code Web are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to VS Code Web 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.