Project Renamifier

A Visual Studio extension that allows you to safely and completely rename a project from within Visual Studio.

Features

When you rename a project, this extension handles all of the following automatically:

• Project file rename - Renames the .csproj file to match the new name
• Directory rename - Renames the parent directory if it matches the old project name
• Project properties - Updates RootNamespace and AssemblyName in the project file
• Namespace declarations - Updates all namespace declarations in source files
• Using statements - Updates using, global using, using static, and using aliases across the solution
• Fully qualified references - Updates references like OldName.MyClass to NewName.MyClass
• Project references - Updates ProjectReference paths in all projects that reference the renamed project
• Solution structure - Preserves solution folder organization

The extension shows a progress dialog with step-by-step status as it performs the rename operation, and includes error handling with rollback support if something goes wrong.

Installation

Visual Studio Marketplace

Install directly from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Manual Installation

1. Download the .vsix file from the Releases page
2. Double-click the downloaded file to install

Usage

1. Right-click on a project in Solution Explorer
2. Select Rename Project (Renamify)
3. Enter the new project name in the dialog
4. Click Rename and watch the progress as each step completes

Supported Versions

• Visual Studio 2022 (17.x)
• Visual Studio 2026 (18.x)
• Architectures: x64 (amd64), ARM64

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Issues, PRs, etc.

For cloning and building this project yourself, make sure to install the Extensibility Essentials 2022 extension for Visual Studio which enables some features used by this project.