install-vscode-extensions

A small CLI that installs your package's recommended VS Code extensions.

Install

npm install --save-dev install-vscode-extensions

Usage

The intended use is as a setup script when preparing a development environment. Add a postinstall or prepare script that runs install-vscode-extensions (or its short alias ive), and VS Code extensions your repo recommends get installed automatically when new developers run npm install.

{
  "name": "my-awesome-package",
  "scripts": {
    "prepare": "install-vscode-extensions"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "install-vscode-extensions": "^1.1.0"
  }
}

The CLI reads .vscode/extensions.json from the current working directory, pulls the recommendations array out, and runs code --install-extension <ext> for each entry.

.vscode/extensions.json may include // and /* */ comments (matching VS Code's own JSON-with-comments parser).

Exit codes

| Code | Meaning | | --- | --- | | 0 | Extensions installed (or already installed). | | 1 | Couldn't read .vscode/extensions.json, no recommendations array, or code not on PATH. | | (other) | Propagated from the code child process. |

Requirements

• Node.js >= 22.
• The code CLI on PATH (Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH from VS Code's command palette on macOS).

License

MIT.