How can you export the Visual Studio Code extension list?

Question

I need to send all my installed extensions to my colleagues. How can I export them?

The extension manager seems to do nothing... It won't install any extension.

Answer 1

Automatic

If you are looking forward to an easy one-stop tool to do it for you, I would suggest you to look into the Settings Sync extension.

It will allow

1. Export of your configuration and extensions
2. Share it with coworkers and teams. You can update the configuration. Their settings will auto updated.

Manual

1. Make sure you have the most current version of Visual Studio Code. If you install via a company portal, you might not have the most current version.

2. On machine A

   Unix:

   code --list-extensions | xargs -L 1 echo code --install-extension 

   Windows (PowerShell, e. g. using Visual Studio Code's integrated Terminal):

   code --list-extensions | % { "code --install-extension $_" } 

3. Copy and paste the echo output to machine B

   Sample output

   code --install-extension Angular.ng-template code --install-extension DSKWRK.vscode-generate-getter-setter code --install-extension EditorConfig.EditorConfig code --install-extension HookyQR.beautify 

Please make sure you have the code command line installed. For more information, please visit Command Line Interface (CLI).

Answer 2

I've needed to do this myself a few times - especially when installing on another machine.

Common questions will give you the location of your folder

Visual Studio Code looks for extensions under your extensions folder .vscode/extensions. Depending on your platform it is located:

Windows %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions Mac ~/.vscode/extensions Linux ~/.vscode/extensions 

That should show you a list of the extensions.

I've also had success using Visual Studio Code Settings Sync Extension to sync settings to GitHub gist.

In the latest release of Visual Studio Code (May 2016), it is now possible to list the installed extensions on the command line:

code --list-extensions