A tiny spark of delight in your status bar, every day. ✨
Open your editor to a fresh quirky message — an on-this-day fact, a dose of developer humor, or a piece of tech trivia — refreshed every day in your timezone. Same content as the Daily Badge GitHub profile badge, so your editor and your profile stay in sync.
Features
- A ✨ message in the status bar, updated automatically at your local midnight.
- Three packs: default (on-this-day fun), dev-humor, tech-facts.
- Click it to open the customizer.
- Commands: Daily Badge: Refresh, Cycle Pack, Open Customizer.
Settings
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
dailyBadge.pack |
default |
default · dev-humor · tech-facts |
dailyBadge.timezone |
(system) | IANA tz, e.g. Australia/Sydney. Empty = your system tz. |
dailyBadge.endpoint |
Worker URL | Point at your own deployment if self-hosting. |
dailyBadge.alignment |
right |
Status bar side. |
dailyBadge.maxLength |
45 |
Status-bar text cap (full text in the tooltip). |
How it works
The extension fetches today's message from the Daily Badge Worker
(/badge.json?tz=…&pack=…) — the same source the profile badge uses. No tracking,
no account, one tiny request per day.
Develop & run
cd vscode-extension
# Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host, or:
npx @vscode/vsce package # builds daily-badge-x.y.z.vsix
code --install-extension daily-badge-*.vsix
Publishing (maintainer)
- Create a publisher at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage and an Azure DevOps Personal Access Token (Marketplace → Manage scope).
- Set
"publisher"inpackage.jsonto your publisher id. - Add
icon.png(128×128) if not present. npx @vscode/vsce login <publisher>thennpx @vscode/vsce publish.