Hippogriff Manager

Hippogriff Manager is a workspace and infrastructure dashboard by HippogriffStudio. It brings projects, repositories, servers, reusable scripts, package commands, and supported Smart Room devices into VS Code.

Features

• Organize projects with descriptions, technology icons, repositories, and assigned servers.
• Browse local repository files and open repositories in a separate VS Code window.
• Manage servers and SSH users, launch SSH terminals, and browse, edit, or search remote files.
• Save reusable shell scripts with searchable icons and run them in integrated terminals.
• Detect scripts from workspace package.json files and run them with the appropriate package manager.
• Control supported ESP32 Smart Room devices over USB serial, including named outputs, individual RGB channels, brightness, and searchable animations.

Local data and security

Project and server metadata is stored in a SQLite database under VS Code's per-extension global storage directory. SSH connections use the machine's existing key configuration (ssh-copy-id) and do not store passwords. Remote file browsing starts at the server filesystem root (/) and follows the selected SSH user's Unix permissions. Remote files can be edited and saved over SSH, and every remote directory provides a server-side recursive search action.

Hippogriff Manager does not upload project or server records. Data remains in VS Code's extension storage on the local machine. SSH private keys and server passwords are not stored by the extension.

Smart Room serial control

The Smart Room lightbulb in the status bar opens a dedicated editor page for controlling the Smart Room ESP32 over USB serial at 115200 baud. It detects common Linux, macOS, and Windows serial ports, loads saved ESP32/STM32 outputs, and provides brightness, per-channel RGB, animation, clock-sync, and status controls. The target device must run compatible Hippogriff Smart Room firmware.

On Linux, the current user may need access to the dialout group before serial devices such as /dev/ttyUSB0 can be opened.

Icon licenses

Technology icons come from Iconify's SVG Logos collection (CC0). Script icons come from the Solar icon set by 480 Design, licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://icon-sets.iconify.design/solar/

Package-script icons come from Google's Material Symbols Light collection on Iconify, licensed under Apache 2.0: https://icon-sets.iconify.design/material-symbols-light/

See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md for attribution details.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85 or newer.
• OpenSSH for server features.
• Bash for saved shell scripts on Linux and macOS.
• A supported USB serial device for Smart Room controls.

Run locally

Run npm install, open this folder in VS Code, and press F5. TypeScript is compiled automatically. In the Extension Development Host, the Hippogriff icon appears in the Activity Bar on the left.

Create an installable VSIX under dist/ with npm run build.

License

Copyright © HippogriffStudio. Released under the MIT License.