#dev server

Livewindow

AyushPatil

Real-time live preview inside VS Code with instant hot reload. See HTML, CSS, and JavaScript changes as you type without saving. Side-by-side preview panel with browser navigation.

Dev Starter

Ayush-Solanki

Scan frontend and backend projects, install dependencies, and start them with one click.

DeskPort

cldmv

Sync an SSH-remote workspace to your local machine and launch configured dev targets — for Electron and other GUI apps that must run where the display is.

Restore Terminals (Continued)

KasperiP

Restore your terminal layout automatically. Open split integrated terminals with custom names, icons, colors, working directories and env vars, and run startup commands every time you open a workspace.

PortHawk

YashK55

See every listening port on your machine and kill what shouldn't still be running

Handy 🏆 Task Runner

DenysDavydov

Every script in the workspace and every running task in one dropdown: Enter starts or stops, Shift+Enter restarts, and the toolbar icon badges how many tasks are running. npm, yarn, pnpm, bun and deno.

Task Runner Manager🏆

DenysDavydov

Task manager and runner with one list in your monorepo: package.json, Cargo.toml, pyproject.toml, Makefile, justfile, Taskfile and more. Batch & single run, stop and restart from anywhere, with a live count of what's running.

Muster

Muster

One-click dev server group orchestration with MCP agent integration