CodeTasks
Turn TODO-style comments into a clean, lightweight task workspace inside VS Code.
Keep code work visible, organized, and easy to revisit.
Highlights
- Scan
TODO, FIXME, BUG, HACK, REFACTOR, and TASK comments.
- View active work in a dedicated task workspace.
- Switch between table and Kanban layouts.
- Open rich task details for status, assignees, and source context.
- Archive finished work and restore it later when needed.
- Let task assignees be managed through the project's GitHub contributors.
- Customize task type colors to fit your team.
Preview
Table View
Kanban View
What You Get
Tasks View
Your main workspace for active tasks.
Archived Tasks
A separate home for completed or paused work.
Task Details
A focused editor for updating task status, assignees, and notes.
Assignee suggestions can come from the project's GitHub contributors when enabled.
Settings
CodeTasks stays lightweight by default, with a few useful options:
codetasks.autoRescanEnabledcodetasks.autoRescanDebounceMscodetasks.codeLensEnabledcodetasks.decorationsEnabledcodetasks.scanExcludeGlobscodetasks.autoOpenWorkspaceOnStartupcodetasks.sharedAssigneesEnabledcodetasks.sharedAssigneesFilecodetasks.githubAssigneesEnabledcodetasks.typeColors
Requirements
- VS Code
^1.125.0
- A workspace with supported task comments
Quick Start
- Open a project.
- Click the CodeTasks icon in the Activity Bar.
- Review active tasks in the workspace.
- Open a task to update it, archive it, or assign it.
Commands
CodeTasks includes commands for opening the workspace, opening archived tasks, refreshing the list, opening task details, changing status, and restoring archived items.
Notes
- Shared assignees are optional.
- GitHub contributor suggestions are optional.
- The extension is designed to stay fast and low-overhead.
Links
Release Notes
0.0.6
Recent Updates
- Table pagination for active and archived task lists.
- Scrollable Kanban columns for large boards.
- Shorter location display in table views.
