Branch Beacon (JavaScript)

Make your current Git branch impossible to miss.
Shows a big status bar badge and (optionally) recolors your title bar and status bar based on branch name using regex rules.

Features

• Status bar badge with the current branch
• Regex-driven color rules (first match wins)
• Optional title/status bar recoloring via workbench.colorCustomizations
• Commands:
  • Branch Beacon: Copy Current Branch
  • Branch Beacon: Refresh

Screenshots

Title Bar Coloring

Title bar and status bar are recolored based on branch name patterns

Status Bar Badge

The current branch is prominently displayed in the status bar with custom colors

Different Branch Types

Different colors for main, feature, hotfix, and staging branches

Settings

"branchHighlighter.showStatusBar": true,
"branchHighlighter.updateTitleBarColors": true,
"branchHighlighter.rules": [
  { "pattern": "^(main|master|prod)$", "bg": "#1d9f61", "fg": "#ffffff" },
  { "pattern": "^stage|preprod|release(\\/.*)?$", "bg": "#ff9800", "fg": "#000000" },
  { "pattern": "^hotfix|bugfix(\\/.*)?$", "bg": "#e53935", "fg": "#ffffff" },
  { "pattern": "^feature(\\/.*)?$", "bg": "#3f51b5", "fg": "#ffffff" }
],
"branchHighlighter.defaultColors": { "bg": "#444444", "fg": "#ffffff" }

Download links

• VSCode Market Place: [https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ORGanizersolutions.branch-beacon]
• Open VSX Registry (e.g. for Cursor): [https://open-vsx.org/extension/ORGanizersolutions/branch-beacon]