--- title: Step up Your VSCode Game With These 10 Must-Have Extensions description: Discover 10 must-have VSCode extensions to enhance your coding experience, including Project Manager, GitLens, and Colorize. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/step-up-your-vscode-game-with-these-10-must-have-extensions-yjf-exrnn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Step up Your VSCode Game With These 10 Must-Have Extensions | daily.dev og:description: Discover 10 must-have VSCode extensions to enhance your coding experience, including Project Manager, GitLens, and Colorize. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/step-up-your-vscode-game-with-these-10-must-have-extensions-yjf-exrnn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yJf-eXrnN.png og:image:alt: Step up Your VSCode Game With These 10 Must-Have Extensions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Step up Your VSCode Game With These 10 Must-Have Extensions **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@gaelgthomas](https://daily.dev/gaelgthomas) · 5 min read · 154 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary Discover 10 must-have VSCode extensions to enhance your coding experience, including Project Manager, GitLens, and Colorize. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sschneider\_pvs** · 5 upvotes > I get some 2020 vibes from this list. I have probably seen that list a dozen times. > Would be nice to see something new/not so regular like idk https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=leodevbro.blockman or https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=antfu.iconify **@catdelgado** · 3 upvotes > This is a great list. Thank you for compiling it. VS Code added bracket pair colorizing as part of their interface so we don't need an extension for that anymore. But, before that happened, I loved the Bracket Pair Colorizer extension as well. **@lorezz** · 2 upvotes > Very useful suggestions, ty **@fahimweblogicandcybertechnologies** · 1 upvotes > I loved the Bracket Pair Colorizer extension **@casee** · 1 upvotes > It's amazing how much functionality VSCode has incorporated into itself. A couple of years ago this list would've needed to be longer, and in a couple of years it may grow even shorter. > > Microsoft has done a fantastic job of balancing community contributions with built-in functionality. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/step-up-your-vscode-game-with-these-10-must-have-extensions-yjf-exrnn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Step up Your VSCode Game With These 10 Must-Have Extensions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/step-up-your-vscode-game-with-these-10-must-have-extensions-yjf-exrnn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/step-up-your-vscode-game-with-these-10-must-have-extensions-yjf-exrnn"},"datePublished":"2023-02-06T19:18:05.738Z","dateModified":"2024-04-09T16:29:20.374Z","description":"Discover 10 must-have VSCode extensions to enhance your coding experience, including Project Manager, GitLens, and Colorize.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0d84d79cb553775e8cfa7f4c77977ee8?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0d84d79cb553775e8cfa7f4c77977ee8?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gaël Thomas","url":"https://daily.dev/gaelgthomas","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1632214000/avatars/a5227485807f46d68d5d73fd68cb3027","description":"Getting started on a solopreneur journey alongside my 9-5. 🚧\nDocumenting my learnings and progress.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":260}},"commentCount":18,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/step-up-your-vscode-game-with-these-10-must-have-extensions-yjf-exrnn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":154},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":18}],"keywords":"vscode","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Step up Your VSCode Game With These 10 Must-Have Extensions"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/step-up-your-vscode-game-with-these-10-must-have-extensions-yjf-exrnn","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I get some 2020 vibes from this list. 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