These are the 68 extensions installed in my current VS Code profile when I made this list on November 7, 2026. I grouped them by what I use them for and added a short description and a link to each Visual Studio Marketplace page. Where the Marketplace provides an icon, it is shown beside the extension name.

The list describes what is installed in this VS Code profile, not a recommendation to install everything. Some extensions overlap; pick the ones that fit your own workflow.

Languages, frameworks, and code editing

Icon	Extension	What it does
	Astro	Adds Astro language support and editor features for .astro files.
	pug	Provides snippets for Pug/Jade templates.
—	TOML Language Support	Adds syntax highlighting and language support for TOML files. No Marketplace icon is listed.
	XML Tools	Provides XML formatting, XQuery, and XPath tools.
	Handlebars Preview	Previews Handlebars templates.
	ES7+ React/Redux/React-Native snippets	Inserts ready-made JavaScript and TypeScript snippets for React, Redux, and React Native.
	Tailwind CSS IntelliSense	Adds Tailwind class completion, hover information, and related editor features.
	ESLint	Integrates ESLint diagnostics and fixes into the editor.
	Prettier - Code formatter	Formats supported files with Prettier.
	Prettier - Code formatter (Rust)	Adds Rust formatting through a Prettier-style formatter.
	markdownlint	Reports Markdown style issues and helps keep documents consistent.
	YAML	Adds YAML editing support, including Kubernetes syntax.
	Python	Adds Python language support and connects to tools for IntelliSense, debugging, testing, and more.
	Pylance	Provides Python language-server features such as fast analysis and editor intelligence.
	Python Debugger	Debugs Python programs with debugpy.
	Python Environments	Helps discover and manage Python environments for projects.
	C#	Adds base language support for C#.
	C# Dev Kit	Adds a richer C# development workflow on top of the C# extension.
	.NET Install Tool	Installs and manages .NET SDK and runtime versions required by extensions.
	PowerShell	Supports PowerShell scripting and module development.
	Ren’Py Language (Official)	Adds language support for Ren’Py visual-novel projects.
	GTA SA Moonloader	Adds Lua language support for GTA San Andreas Moonloader scripts.
	Tauri	Adds tools for developing Tauri applications.

Git, coding workflow, and project tools

Icon	Extension	What it does
	Better Comments	Highlights comment categories such as alerts, questions, TODOs, and notes.
	Code Runner	Runs code snippets or files in many supported programming languages.
	npm Intellisense	Autocompletes npm package names in import statements.
	GitLens	Adds Git blame, history, comparisons, and repository insights inside VS Code.
	Git History	Browses Git logs and file history, and compares branches or commits.
	Git Graph	Displays repository history as a graph and provides Git actions.
	Git Blame	Shows Git blame information for lines in a file.
	git emoji message	Helps add an emoji prefix to Git commit messages.
	GitHub Actions	Works with GitHub Actions workflows and runs from VS Code.
	WakaTime	Tracks coding activity and generates time and productivity metrics.
	Import Cost	Shows the estimated size of imported packages in the editor.
	MinifyAll	Minifies supported files such as JSON, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.
	Headwind	Sorts Tailwind CSS class names according to its opinionated ordering.
	DotENV	Adds syntax support for .env files.
	Rainbow CSV	Colors CSV/TSV columns and can run SQL-like queries on tabular text.
	Postman	Creates and runs API requests and collections from the editor.
	Thunder Client	Provides a lightweight REST API client inside VS Code.
	MongoDB for VS Code	Connects to MongoDB and Atlas, browses data, and supports query playgrounds.
	Cline	An IDE coding agent that can edit files, run commands, and use tools with user approval.

Previews, local servers, and visual tools

Icon	Extension	What it does
	PDF Preview	Opens PDF documents in a VS Code preview.
	Live Preview	Serves a workspace locally so you can preview web pages as you work.
	Live Server	Starts a local development server with live reload for web projects.
—	Auto-Open Markdown Preview	Automatically opens the Markdown preview when a Markdown file is opened. No Marketplace icon is listed.
	open in browser	Opens the current file in a browser or its default application.
	Drawio Preview	Previews diagrams made with draw.io in VS Code.
	SVG	Combines SVG editing, preview, formatting, and minification tools.
	Svg Preview	Previews SVG files.
	Image preview	Shows image previews in the editor gutter and on hover.
	Font Preview	Previews font files in VS Code.
	audio-preview	Plays and previews audio formats such as WAV, MP3, OGG, AAC, and FLAC.
	Polacode	Creates shareable, framed images of code snippets.

Themes, icons, and small quality-of-life extensions

Icon	Extension	What it does
	Monokai Pro	Provides editor color themes and an icon theme.
	JellyFish-x-Retro Theme	Adds a retro-inspired VS Code theme.
	SynthWave ‘84	Applies a neon synthwave-inspired color theme.
	Palenight Theme	Adds a Material-inspired editor theme.
	Emoji File Icons	Uses emoji-based icons for files and folders in the Explorer.
	Base16 Terminal	Adds Base16 color themes for the integrated terminal.
	Custom CSS and JS Loader	Loads custom CSS and JavaScript into the VS Code interface.
	:emojisense:	Suggests emoji while typing emoji names in supported contexts.
	Auto Close Tag	Automatically inserts a matching closing HTML/XML tag.
	Auto Rename Tag	Renames the paired HTML/XML tag when one tag changes.
	Faaahhhh Error Sound	Plays a sound effect when errors appear in code or the terminal.
	Funny Terminal Error Sound	Plays a sound when a terminal command fails.
	In Your Face	Shows an animated reaction related to the number of code errors.
	Sexy Hooks	Provides React hook snippets for functional components.

Links and notes

• Browse the Visual Studio Marketplace
• Installed extension IDs can be listed from a VS Code terminal with code --list-extensions; add --show-versions to include installed versions.
• Extension icons are loaded from the Visual Studio Marketplace CDN, so they may change if a publisher updates an icon or removes an extension.