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Autosave By WIF

Autosave By WIF

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Automatically saves all dirty (unsaved) files in your workspace at regular intervals. Perfect for developers who want to avoid losing progress or simply prefer working without manually pressing save.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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💾 AutoSave – VS Code Extension

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Automatically saves all dirty (unsaved) files in your workspace at regular intervals.
Perfect for developers who want to avoid losing progress or prefer not to manually hit Ctrl+S.


✨ Features

  • ✅ Automatically saves all unsaved files every X milliseconds (default: 2000ms)
  • ⚙️ Configurable autosave interval through settings
  • 🖱️ Manual command to trigger autosave at any time
  • 🚀 Lightweight and runs automatically on startup

⚙️ Configuration

You can change the autosave interval from VS Code Settings:

File → Preferences → Settings → Search for autosaveExtension.interval

Or directly in settings.json:

"autosaveExtension.interval": 3000
Setting Name Type Default Description
autosaveExtension.interval number 2000 Interval in milliseconds to autosave dirty files

🧩 Commands

Use the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P) and type:

  • AutoSave: Trigger Save Now Forces an immediate save of all open and modified files.

📦 Installation

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Go to the Extensions panel (sidebar) → Search for AutoSave
  3. Click Install

Or install from VSIX (if testing locally):

code --install-extension autosave-1.0.0.vsix

🙌 Contributing

Have ideas or improvements? Pull requests and feedback are welcome once the extension is on GitHub!


📃 License

MIT © 2025

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