See which file each teammate currently has open — and peek at their uncommitted changes — right inside VS Code. Presence only: no code syncing, no edits to your files, no cursor positions. Just shared awareness of who's where.

Install

VS Code — install from the Visual Studio Marketplace, or search "Presence" in the Extensions view.
Cursor, VSCodium, Gitpod, and other VS Code–compatible editors — install from the Open VSX Registry, or search "Presence" in the editor's Extensions view (these editors pull from Open VSX).
Manual — download the .vsix from the GitHub releases and run Extensions: Install from VSIX… from the Command Palette.

Features

Teammates view — every connected teammate shown with a colored initials avatar and a presence dot (green active / amber idle), their current git branch and file (branch • filename · folder), and (you) on your own row.
Read-only diff sharing — expand a teammate to see their uncommitted changes (working tree + staged + untracked vs HEAD). Click a file to open it in VS Code's native read-only diff editor, with real file-type icons and M/A/U/D status letters — just like your own Source Control view.
Explorer badges — any file a teammate has open gets an initials badge and a colored tint in the Explorer; hover to see who's there.
Same-file collision — when a teammate is editing the exact file you have open, their row turns red and you get a heads-up toast.
Connection status in the status bar, and a one-click pause to stop sharing your activity at any time.

Requirements

Presence needs a small relay server that connects teammates in the same room. A room is derived automatically from your workspace's git remote (or folder name), so teammates who open the same repo meet without any setup.

Point the extension at a relay via the Set Relay URL button in the Teammates view title, or the presence.serverUrl setting. wss:// is supported for TLS. The relay source lives in the project repository.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`presence.serverUrl`	`ws://localhost:8080`	WebSocket URL of the presence relay.
`presence.userName`	(empty)	Display name shown to teammates; prompts on first run.

Privacy

While active, Presence shares your current file, git branch, and uncommitted diff with everyone connected to the same relay and repo. Use the Pause button (Teammates view title) whenever you don't want to share — it disconnects you until you resume, and the choice persists across sessions.