🚀 GitHub Activity Dashboard for VS Code

A comprehensive Visual Studio Code extension to visualize and manage your GitHub activity, profile stats, repositories, organizations, issues, PRs, languages, sponsors, and more — all inside VS Code!

✨ Features

• Profile Dashboard: View your GitHub profile, stats, sponsors, and contribution graphs.
• Repository Explorer: Browse all your repositories and their structure with a modern explorer UI. Select files to view their contents.
• Branch & Commit Insights: Visualize branches for each repo, checkout specific commits, and see branch details.
• Starred Repos: Instantly access and star/unstar repositories with real-time updates.
• Notifications Panel: See GitHub notifications inside VS Code, open them directly, and keep track of updates.
• Activity Timeline: Explore your recent GitHub events with history grouped by repository and type.
• Enhanced Contribution Graphs: Visual heatmaps for comments and PR activity.
• Quick Pick Search: Use fuzzy-search to instantly open any of your repositories.
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Rapid navigation between dashboard features.
• Custom Themes: Choose between auto/dark/light dashboard themes for seamless integration.
• Pin Favorites: Pin frequently used repositories for fast access.
• Language Filters: Filter repositories by language, stars, or activity.
• Multi-Account Ready: Connect and switch between multiple GitHub accounts (coming soon).
• Sponsor Data: Toggle visibility of sponsor information.
• Repo Actions: Enable/disable advanced repo management actions.
• Error Handling: Robust authentication and error messages for smoother UX.

📥 Installation

1. Open VS Code.
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X).
3. Search for GitHub Activity Dashboard.
4. Click “Install”.

Or install directly from VS Code Marketplace.

🚀 Usage

• Open the GitHub Activity Dashboard panel from the VS Code sidebar.
• Authenticate with your GitHub account when prompted.
• Browse your profile, repositories, branches, activity, and notifications.
• Use the explorer to view repo structure and open files.
• Star/unstar repositories directly from the dashboard.
• Search, filter, and pin repositories for instant access.

🎯 Key Features in Detail

• Repository Explorer: Interactive tree view powered by the GitHub API. File and folder navigation, file previews, and links to open in browser.
• Branch Explorer: Expand a repository to see all branches. Tooltips show repo info and branch count.
• Star Management: Star/unstar repos with instant feedback and updated lists.
• Notifications: View your GitHub notifications. Click to open details or mark as read.
• Activity History: Timeline of events such as commits, PRs, issues, and comments.
• Enhanced Graphs: Heatmaps and contribution graphs visualizing code reviews, comments, and more.
• Quick Search: Fast fuzzy search and quick pick to open any repo.
• Robust Authentication: Seamless GitHub login using VS Code authentication APIs.

🛠️ Requirements

• Visual Studio Code v1.60+
• GitHub account
• Internet connection

⚙️ Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• githubDashboard.theme: Choose dashboard theme (auto/dark/light).
• githubDashboard.showSponsors: Toggle sponsors data.
• githubDashboard.maxRepos: Maximum repositories to display.
• githubDashboard.enableRepoActions: Enable/disable repo management actions.

💡 Tips and Tricks

• Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly access dashboard features.
• Pin your favorite repositories for instant access.
• Filter repositories by language, activity, or stars.
• Connect multiple GitHub accounts (coming soon).
• Use the dashboard to prepare for code reviews and team syncs.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

✍️ Author

IamNishant51

🌟 Support

If you love this extension, please star the repo and share feedback! For issues, use GitHub Issues.

📄 License

MIT License

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Octokit for GitHub API integration.
• VSCode API for extension development.
• All contributors and users for their support and ideas!

Made with ❤️ by Nishant Unavane