External Terminal Launcher

#External Terminal Launcher

Open Warp, Windows Terminal, WezTerm, Alacritty or kitty at the workspace root without leaving VSCode.

#Features

One-click launch — status bar item opens the configured terminal at the workspace root.
Tab reuse — opens a new tab in an existing window when the terminal supports it.
Custom executable path — point each terminal at a non-standard install location.
Terminal-agnostic — Warp, Windows Terminal, WezTerm, Alacritty, kitty.

Install from the .vsix (see Development) via Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX..., or from the VS Code Marketplace once published.

Command	Description
`External Terminal: Open External Terminal`	`externalTerminal.open`

Setting	Default	Description
`externalTerminal.selectedTerminalId`	`warp`	`warp`, `windows-terminal`, `wezterm`, `alacritty`, or `kitty`
`externalTerminal.reuseTab`	`true`	Reuse an existing window as a new tab when the terminal supports it
`externalTerminal.executablePaths`	`{}`	Per-terminal executable path override, keyed by terminal id

npm install
npm run watch

Press F5 in VSCode to launch an Extension Development Host.

npm test      # run unit tests
npm run lint  # eslint
npm run package && npx vsce package  # build a .vsix

Jefferson Gonçalves — GitHub