VSIX Manifest Designer

🎨 A modern visual designer for VSIX manifest files in Visual Studio 2022!

🤔 Why?

The built-in VSIX manifest designer in Visual Studio is old, outdated, and rather ugly. VSIX Manifest Designer is a modern replacement with a clean, intuitive UI that feels right at home in Visual Studio 2022!

✨ Features

• 📝 Metadata Editor - Edit identity, display name, description, icons, and more
• 🎯 Installation Targets - Configure supported VS SKUs and version ranges
• 🔗 Dependencies - Manage dependencies on other extensions with ease
• ⚡ Prerequisites - Define required VS components
• 📦 Assets - Add and organize extension assets with type selection and project picker
• 📁 Content - Configure project and item templates
• 🎨 VS Theme Support - Seamlessly integrates with Light, Dark, and Blue themes

💡 Pro Tip: Use VsixSdk!

For the best VSIX development experience, pair this extension with CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk! VsixSdk modernizes the VSIX build process with SDK-style projects, and VSIX Manifest Designer fully supports it - including smart project detection and template asset handling.

🖼️ Screenshots

Metadata

Installation Targets

Dependencies

Prerequisites

Assets

Content

🛠️ Installation

Visual Studio Marketplace

1. Open Visual Studio 2022
2. Go to Extensions > Manage Extensions
3. Search for "VSIX Manifest Designer"
4. Click Download and restart Visual Studio

Manual Installation

Download the latest .vsix from the Releases page and double-click to install.

🚀 Usage

1. Open any source.extension.vsixmanifest file in your solution
2. The visual designer opens automatically
3. Edit your manifest using the tabbed interface
4. Save and you're done! 🎉

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Whether it's bug reports, feature requests, or pull requests - all feedback helps make this extension better.

Development Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Open src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixManifestDesigner.slnx in Visual Studio 2022
3. Ensure you have the "Visual Studio extension development" workload installed
4. Press F5 to launch the experimental instance

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👥 Contributors

Made with ❤️ by Coding With Calvin