microsoft/vscode-vsce

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1048 stars · 256 forks observed · 2026-09-01

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

@vscode/vsce is the official Visual Studio Code Extension Manager, a CLI tool for packaging, publishing, and managing VS Code extensions on the Marketplace. It also exposes a small Node.js API for programmatic use.

Use cases

• package a vscode extension into a vsix
• publish my extension to the visual studio marketplace
• publish vscode extensions from github actions without a PAT
• manage personal access tokens for the marketplace
• bump and unpublish vscode extension versions
• build a vsix file from my extension source

When to choose

• you develop VS Code extensions and need to package or publish them
• you want CI/CD publishing of extensions with OIDC trusted publishing
• you need to script extension packaging via a Node.js API

When to avoid

• you want to install or manage extensions inside VS Code itself (use the built-in Extensions view or code CLI)
• you publish extensions to Open VSX or other registries (use ovsx instead)
• you are not working with VS Code extensions

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli package-manager developer-tools deployment developer-tools version-control cli cross-platform vscode vscode-extensions marketplace packaging publishing oidc command-line nodejs

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