# lostintangent/codeswing

VS Code extension for building web applications ("swings") using a interactive and editor-integrated coding environment

Repository: https://github.com/lostintangent/codeswing
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/codeswing
Homepage: https://aka.ms/codeswing
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vscode, web-development, productivity
Last push: 2024-09-12T03:22:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2097, "days_push": 720, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1006, forks 60 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:11.937388+00:00)

## What it is
CodeSwing is a VS Code extension that provides an interactive coding playground for building web applications ('swings') with live preview as you type. It brings the CodePen/JSFiddle experience directly into the editor, supporting HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and popular frameworks without any build tooling.

## Use cases
- prototype web apps with live preview inside VS Code
- experiment with HTML/CSS/JS snippets like CodePen but in my editor
- learn web development with interactive tutorials and guided walkthroughs
- build React or Vue demos without setting up a bundler
- share code snippets by exporting swings to CodePen
- manage playground snippets as GitHub Gists

## When to choose
- you want a CodePen-like playground integrated into VS Code with your themes and extensions
- you need instant live preview while editing web code without any build configuration
- you teach or learn front-end concepts with runnable, editable examples

## When to avoid
- you need a full production web build pipeline with bundling and optimization
- you are not a VS Code user
- you need backend or server-side playgrounds rather than client-side web code

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, frontend-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, education
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: vscode-extension, playground, live-preview, codepen, interactive-coding, web-playground

## Member repositories
- lostintangent/codeswing (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:11.937388+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:12:47.423271+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lostintangent/codeswing (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:11.937388+00:00, sha 01a4ddb84e33)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.