How can you export the Visual Studio Code extension list?

Question

I need to send all my installed extensions to my colleagues. How can I export them?

The extension manager seems to do nothing... It won't install any extension.

Answer 1

Automatic

If you are looking forward to an easy one-stop tool to do it for you, I would suggest you to look into the Settings Sync extension.

It will allow

1. Export of your configuration and extensions
2. Share it with coworkers and teams. You can update the configuration. Their settings will auto updated.

Manual

1. Make sure you have the most current version of Visual Studio Code. If you install via a company portal, you might not have the most current version.

2. On machine A

   Unix:

   code --list-extensions | xargs -L 1 echo code --install-extension
   

   Windows (PowerShell, e. g. using Visual Studio Code's integrated Terminal):

   code --list-extensions | % { "code --install-extension $_" }
   

3. Copy and paste the echo output to machine B

   Sample output

   code --install-extension Angular.ng-template
   code --install-extension DSKWRK.vscode-generate-getter-setter
   code --install-extension EditorConfig.EditorConfig
   code --install-extension HookyQR.beautify
   

Please make sure you have the code command line installed. For more information, please visit Command Line Interface (CLI).