VS Code Extension Starter (TypeScript + esbuild)

Ship your VS Code extension with a production-ready starter

A complete VS Code extension starter in TypeScript with esbuild bundling, custom commands, tree view, status bar clock, snippet generation and keybindings.

What's included

• 3 custom commands — hello world, create snippet, show time
• Tree view — "Quick Actions" with clickable items
• Status bar clock — live updating with click action
• Snippet generator — from templates with tab stops
• Keybindings — Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+H, Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+S
• Configuration — quickActions.greeting setting
• esbuild bundling — fast compile + watch
• 10 smoke tests — Node.js node:test

Quick Start

npm install
# Press F5 in VS Code to debug

Stack

TypeScript · VS Code API · esbuild

Use cases

• Internal dev tools
• Productivity extensions
• Company utilities
• Learning VS Code extension development