EmojiVS

EmojiVS is a Visual Studio extension to display GitHub emojis in the editor. EmojiVS supports Visual Studio 2013 and 2015.

Emojis are downloaded on first use, depending on your connection it might take some time to have all the emojis downloaded.

EmojiVS recognizes the :name: form and displays it as an inline image.

EmojiVS also provides intellisense for emojis. Just type the character : then CTRL+Space to start an intellisense session and you'll be able to browse and select the perfect emoji for your situation.

Here's what the intellisense for emojis looks like: