Remote File System for VS Code

Working with any file in everywhere like they are in local with vscode.

Features

• Open remote from code CLI.
• Provide multiple schemes(sftp, ftp). More is coming!
• Password/Passphrase Prompting.
• Multiple remote folders at once.

Setup

1. Open User Settings.

   • On Windows/Linux - File > Preferences > Settings
   • On macOS - Code > Preferences > Settings

2. Add your remote configs to "remotefs.remote" in your User Settings.

3. Cmd+Shift+P open command palette(Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux), run Remote FS: Add Folder to Workspace command.

4. Enjoy it😘!

Config

{
  "remotefs.remote": {
    "dev": {
      "scheme": "sftp",
      "host": "host",
      "username": "username",
      "rootPath": "/path/to/somewhere"
    },
    "site": {
      "scheme": "ftp",
      "host": "host",
      "username": "username"
    },
    "projectX": {
      "scheme": "sftp",
      "host": "host",
      "username": "username",
      "privateKeyPath": "/Users/xx/.ssh/id_rsa",
      "rootPath": "/home/foo/some/projectx"
    }
  }
}

You can find extra options with auto complete(Ctrl+Space)!

You can also see the full config here.

CLI

Once you've config your remote in User Setting. You can open any remote from code CLI in your terminal.

Usage

code --folder-uri <scheme>://<remote>[/path]

Example

Setting:

{
  "remotefs.remote": {
    "test": {
      "scheme": "ftp",
      "host": "host",
      "username": "username"
    },
    "projectX": {
      "scheme": "sftp",
      "host": "host",
      "username": "username",
      "privateKeyPath": "/Users/xx/.ssh/id_rsa",
      "rootPath": "/home/foo/some/projectx"
    }
  }
}

Open projectX at rootPath（/home/foo/some/projectx）.

code --folder-uri sftp://projectX/

Open projectX at rootPath/dirA (/home/foo/some/projectx/dirA).

code --folder-uri sftp://projectX/dirA

Open test at rootPath.

code --folder-uri ftp://test/

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