🛠️ Essential utilities to boost your development productivity

DevToolbox is a lightweight VS Code extension that provides essential developer utilities right in your sidebar. Clean up your code, manage Git branches, and stay updated - all with a single click.

Instantly remove console.log() statements from your code.

• Current File: Cleans the active file immediately.
• Workspace: Scans the entire workspace for other logs and lets you select files to clean via a checkbox list.

Usage: Click the tool in sidebar from Command Palette

Strip comments (single-line and multi-line) from your code.

• Current File: Cleans the active file immediately.
• Workspace: Scans the entire workspace for other comments and lets you select files to clean via a checkbox list.

Usage: Click the tool in sidebar or run DevToolbox: Remove Comments from Command Palette

Clean up your local Git repository by removing branches that have already been merged into main/master.

• Interactive: Shows a list of all local branches with merged ones pre-selected.
• Safe: You can review and modify the selection before deletion.

Usage: Click the tool in sidebar or run DevToolbox: Prune Merged Branches from Command Palette

• ✅ Automatically checks for updates once per day
• ✅ Notifies you when new versions are available
• ✅ One-click download from GitHub Releases
• ✅ Manual update check available

Usage: Run DevToolbox: Check for Updates from Command Palette

1. Install the extension
2. Click the DevToolbox icon in the Activity Bar (left sidebar)
3. Browse and click any tool to use it
4. All tools also available via Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P)

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for "DevToolbox"
4. Click Install

1. Download the latest .vsix from Releases
2. In VS Code: Extensions → ... → Install from VSIX

Configure update checking in your VS Code settings:

{
  "devtoolbox.updateCheck.owner": "andersseen",
  "devtoolbox.updateCheck.repo": "dev-toolbox"
}

• VS Code 1.108.1 or higher
• Git (for branch pruning feature)

• Before committing: Remove console logs and clean up comments
• Repository maintenance: Prune old merged branches
• Code cleanup: Quickly strip debugging code
• Stay updated: Get notified of new features and fixes

• Branch pruning requires Git to be installed and available in PATH
• Update checking requires internet connection

See CHANGELOG for detailed release notes.

• ✨ Remove Console Logs tool
• ✨ Remove Comments tool
• ✨ Prune Merged Branches tool
• ✨ Auto-update system with daily checks
• 🎨 Sidebar integration with Activity Bar icon
• ⚙️ Configurable update checking

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.

• 🐛 Report a bug
• 💡 Request a feature
• ⭐ Star on GitHub

Enjoy coding with DevToolbox! 🚀