# dethcrypto/dethcode

View source of deployed Ethereum contracts in VSCode

Repository: https://github.com/dethcrypto/dethcode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dethcode
Homepage: https://etherscan.deth.net/address/0xa3a7b6f88361f48403514059f1f16c8e78d60eec#code
Language: TypeScript
License Family: other
Topics: ethereum, visual-studio-code, etherscan, smart-contract
Last push: 2025-09-30T08:02:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 44, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1723, "days_push": 337, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1370, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.868814+00:00)

## What it is
DethCode lets you view the verified source of deployed Ethereum smart contracts in an ephemeral VS Code instance by changing an Etherscan URL from .io to .deth.net. It supports multiple chains and automatically follows proxy contracts to their implementations.

## Use cases
- browse verified smart contract source code in VS Code instead of Etherscan
- read multi-file Ethereum contracts with proper syntax highlighting
- follow proxy contracts to their implementation source automatically
- view contract code on testnets and L2s like Optimism
- open Etherscan contract pages in an IDE via a bookmarklet

## When to choose
- you frequently audit or read deployed Ethereum contracts
- Etherscan's built-in code viewer is too limited for multi-file contracts
- you want an open-source, self-hostable alternative to Etherscan's VS Code viewer

## When to avoid
- you need to compile or deploy contracts rather than just read them
- you only need contract ABIs or bytecode without readable source
- the contract is unverified on its block explorer

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, editor, web-scraping
- domain: blockchain, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser-extension, editor-plugin
- tags: ethereum, etherscan, smart-contracts, vscode, code-viewer, blockchain-explorer, web-server, typescript

## Member repositories
- dethcrypto/dethcode (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.868814+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 2026-08-30T04:40:54.768481+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dethcrypto/dethcode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.868814+00:00, sha b30b15fa7e9b)
  - homepage: https://etherscan.deth.net/address/0xa3a7b6f88361f48403514059f1f16c8e78d60eec#code (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:59.057962+00:00, sha 72214775c876)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.