TODO Lens — Better Comments & TODO Tree

Make your comments readable and never lose a TODO again. TODO Lens colors comments by what they mean — alerts, questions, highlights, TODOs, FIXMEs — and collects every TODO in your workspace into one tree.

A fast, actively maintained successor to Better Comments, TODO Highlight and TODO Tree, in a single extension.

Features

Better comments

Start a comment with a tag and it's colored for you:

Works in 60+ languages — //, #, --, ;, %, <!-- -->, /* */ block comments and JSDoc — and ignores tags inside strings ("http://…" is not a comment).

TODO tree

• Every TODO, FIXME, BUG, HACK and XXX in your workspace, grouped by file or by tag.
• Click to jump to it. The list updates as you save, create or delete files.
• Count in the activity bar badge and the status bar.
• Fast: uses the ripgrep engine built into VS Code and respects your .gitignore.

TODO Lens Pro

Pro is part of Branchline Pro — a one-time purchase (no subscription) that also unlocks Pro in Branchline — Git Graph.

• TODO age & author — see who wrote each TODO and how long ago (from git blame). Find the 3-year-old FIXMEs.
• My TODOs — one click to show only the TODOs you wrote.
• Export a TODO report — a Markdown table of every TODO with author and age, ready for a PR, ticket or standup.

Get Pro from the TODO tree's … menu, or run TODO Lens: Get TODO Lens Pro. Activate it with TODO Lens: Enter Pro License Key.

Settings

Also by the author

Branchline — Git Graph — a fast, maintained Git Graph: see branches and history, inspect commits, and run git actions from the graph.

• Snapline — Code Screenshots — beautiful code images in your editor's theme, in one click.
• Docline — Python Docstring Generator — type """ and get Google/NumPy/Sphinx docstrings.

Support

Free and maintained by one developer. If it saves you time, you can chip in from $1 — or get Pro, which supports development too.

Feedback

Bugs and ideas: GitHub issues. A Marketplace rating helps other developers find TODO Lens.

License

Source-available under the TODO Lens License: free to use, read and learn from; redistribution and derivative publications are not permitted.