Remotry for VSCode

Build your project and ship it to a remote server over SSH/SFTP — without leaving the editor.

Deploy projects to remote servers over SSH/SFTP, directly from VSCode. Part of the Remotry toolkit.

What it does

Remotry turns "build locally, then copy the output to a server" into a one-click action. It auto-detects your stack and package manager, builds the project, SFTP-uploads the output into a timestamped release, and atomically flips a current symlink — so rollbacks are instant and deploys have no downtime. No rsync, no scp, no terminal juggling.

The extension imports remotry-core and deploys in-process — it does not shell out to the CLI, and needs no separate remotry-cli install. It shares the same ~/.remotry/projects.json registry as the CLI, so a project registered in either shows up in both.

Install

From the editor: Ctrl+P → paste and run

ext install coldevotion.remotry-vscode

Or install from the VSCode Marketplace.

Features

Sidebar panel — an activity-bar icon opens a "Deploy Projects" tree view of every registered project
One-click deploy — inline deploy button on each tree item
Command palette — all deploy actions via Ctrl+Shift+P → "Deploy:"
Register form — a WebView form to add or edit a project, prefilled from .deployrc or auto-detection
Auto-activation — activates on workspaces that contain a .deployrc file

Requirements

Node.js 18+
An SSH key configured for the remote host

Quick start

Click the rocket icon in the activity bar (left sidebar).
Use Register a Project in the empty state — or Ctrl+Shift+P → Deploy: Register / Edit Project.
Fill in name, local path, remote (user@host:/path), and SSH key.
Click the deploy action on the tree item to build and ship.

Commands

Command	Description
`Deploy: List Projects`	List all registered projects
`Deploy: Register / Edit Project`	Add or edit a project
`Deploy: Deploy`	Build and upload to the remote
`Deploy: Status`	Show the last deploy timestamp
`Deploy: Remove Project`	Unregister a project
`Deploy: Refresh`	Refresh the tree view
`Deploy: Open Config File`	Open the config file in the editor

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`deploy.sshKey`	`~/.ssh/id_rsa`	Default SSH private key
`deploy.defaultRemoteUser`	`root`	Default SSH username
`deploy.defaultRemoteBase`	`/var/www`	Default remote base path

Troubleshooting

Sidebar icon missing — reload VSCode after install (Ctrl+Shift+P → Developer: Reload Window).

Deploy fails to connect — verify the SSH key path and that the key is authorized on the remote host.

Development

pnpm install
pnpm compile         # typecheck + esbuild bundle
pnpm watch           # esbuild --watch
pnpm package         # build the .vsix
code --install-extension remotry-vscode-*.vsix

Contributing

Contributions welcome — issues, feature requests, and PRs. See CONTRIBUTING.md and open an issue at github.com/coldevotion/remotry/issues.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.