Show what you are coding on your profile, live. Your current file, language and project appear on your page while you work, and switch to idle or offline when you stop.
Get started
Install this extension.
On your dashboard, click Connect VS Code and copy your key. It starts with vsc_ and is shown once.
In VS Code press Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac), run Redrum Status Widget: Connect and paste the key.
The status bar at the bottom left shows Status: live as your-username when it is working.
What is sent
Status: coding, idle or offline
The name of the file you are editing (not the full path)
The language of that file
The name of your project folder
File contents and full paths never leave your computer. You can turn off the file name and project name in the settings below, and on your dashboard. Your key is stored in VS Code secret storage.
Commands
Redrum Status Widget: Connect links this editor to your account
Redrum Status Widget: Disconnect removes the key from this editor and sets you offline
Redrum Status Widget: Pause or Resume Reporting stops sending while paused, and shows you offline
Redrum Status Widget: Open Dashboard opens your dashboard to get a key
Clicking the status bar item connects or pauses, depending on its state.
Settings
Setting
Default
What it does
statusWidget.showFileName
on
Send the file name
statusWidget.showWorkspace
on
Send the project name
statusWidget.paused
off
Stop reporting
statusWidget.idleMinutes
5
Minutes without typing before you show as idle
statusWidget.heartbeatSeconds
30
How often your status is refreshed
Replacing or revoking your key
Generate a new key or disconnect from your dashboard. The old key stops working immediately, and the extension will show key invalid until you connect again.
