VS Code Extensions
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DevContainer Portal

by 44103

Bridge to Host Terminal

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Version

1.1.0

Last updated

May 02, 2026

A Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to open a terminal on your host machine directly from within a Dev Container environment.

Features

  • Seamless access to host PC terminal
  • Utilize host-installed LLM CLIs from within Dev Container

Requirements

  • Visual Studio Code
  • Dev Containers extension
  • Currently supported only on Windows with WSL2 environments.

Usage

  1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P)
  2. Search for DevContainer Portal: Open Host Terminal
  3. Select and execute the command to open a new terminal window on your host machine.

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