SideTask is a powerful VS Code extension that finds all the TODOs, FIXMEs, and other task comments scattered across your project and brings them into one organized view in your activity bar.
Stop losing track of pending tasks and technical debt. If it's in your code, it's on your list.
Features (v0.3.0)
NEW 🎆
✨ Custom Highlighting: Define your own keywords (like NOTE, BUG) and give them custom colors.
💡 Icons: Display a different icon for each keyword type:
🎯 TODO
🐞 BUG
💡 IDEA
🗒️ NOTE
🔧 FIXME
⚙️ REFACTOR
You can select which icon to display for each keyword!
Already implemented
🌲 Unified Tree View: See all found tasks in a clean, collapsible tree view, neatly organized by file.
⌨️ Default Keywords: Automatically scans your project for TODO:, BUG:, IDEA:, NOTE:, FIXME: and REFACTOR:.
🖱️ Click-to-Go: Instantly jump to the exact line of any task in your code just by clicking on it in the side panel.
🔄 Manual Refresh: A simple "Refresh" button in the view's title bar to re-scan your workspace at any time.
🔄 Automatic Refresh: The extension will re-scan your workspace each time you save a file (ctrl+s).
⌨️ Your oun Keywords: Automatically scan your project for any word you choose.
Getting Started
Install the SideTask extension from the VS Code Marketplace.
Open a project.
Click on the new SideTask icon in your Activity Bar (the sidebar on the left).
The panel will automatically populate with all the tasks found in your code.
Click any task to jump straight to the file!
How can I add my word, configure the colors and the icons?
Go to File -> Preferences -> Settings (or keyboard shortcut Ctrl + ,).
Search "SideTask".
Go to the option SideTask: Keywords Rules.
Click the button "Edit in settings.json".
A JSON file will open.
In this file, you can choose the font color background color, and which emoji will be associated with the keyword. It's recommended that you use the keyboard shortcut Win + . to select an icon.
What's Next? (Roadmap)
SideTask is just getting started. Our goal is to make this the ultimate task management tool for developers, right inside the editor. Here is what's planned:
⚡ Smart Snippets: Quickly create new TODO items with snippets. Type TODO and press Tab autocomplete // TODO: [ ].
⚡ Keyboard shortcuts: Quickly create new TODO items with keyboard shortcuts.
Enriched Syntax: The extension learns to "read" the contents of the TODO. The parser recognizes special patterns:
Tags:// TODO: Fix this #bug #ui.
Dates:// REFACTOR: Clean this @due:2025-12-01.
Status:// TODO: Implement function @done vs // TODO: Implement function @pending.
Markdown Support (.todo): Allows you to manage tasks in dedicated .md or .todo files. It recognizes Markdown task syntax and adds them to the tree view.
Right-Click Menu: Context Actions: Add the option "Edit line".
🚀 [PRO] Integrations: Connect SideTask to your favorite tools like Notion, Jira, and Trello to turn code comments into a card.
🚀 [PRO] AI Integrations: Connect SideTask to your favorite AI like Chat GPT.
Support the Project
This is an indie project built with ❤️. If you find SideTask useful, please consider supporting its development:
