Console Auditor

Manage every console statement in your project with confidence.

Console Auditor is a lightweight, privacy-first Visual Studio Code extension that helps you find, manage, and clean up console statements before shipping your code. Whether you're working on a small project or a large codebase, Console Auditor makes it easy to audit your logging without leaving VS Code.

100% offline. No telemetry. No external services.

✨ Features

🔍 Scan Your Project

Quickly scan your workspace to find every supported console statement.

Supported methods include:

• console.log()
• console.error()
• console.warn()
• console.info()
• console.debug()
• console.trace()
• console.table()
• console.time()
• console.group()
• console.assert()
• console.dir()
• console.count()

Using AST-based analysis, Console Auditor accurately detects console statements while avoiding false positives inside comments, strings, or documentation.

🎨 Highlight Console Statements

Instantly highlight console statements in the editor to make them easy to spot while reviewing your code.

• Editor decorations
• Hover information
• Quick actions
• Toggle highlighting on or off

🚫 Disable Logs

Need to keep your logs for later?

Disable them with one click by commenting them out while preserving your original formatting and indentation.

🗑️ Remove Logs

Safely remove console statements from a file or an entire workspace before production releases.

Designed to keep your code clean without breaking formatting.

↩️ Restore Changes

Accidentally removed or disabled a log?

Restore recent changes directly from the extension without manually searching through your files.

📊 Export Reports

Generate reports in multiple formats:

• JSON
• Markdown
• CSV
• HTML

Reports include useful information such as:

• File name
• Line number
• Console method
• Message preview
• Export timestamp

📌 Helpful Productivity Features

• Status Bar log counter
• CodeLens support
• Explorer badges
• Workspace statistics
• Current file summary
• Quick commands from the Command Palette

🧩 Supported Languages

Console Auditor currently supports:

• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• React (JSX)
• React (TSX)
• Node.js
• Angular
• Vue
• Svelte

Additional language support can be added in future releases.

🚀 Commands

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P) and search for Console Auditor.

Available commands include:

• Scan Workspace
• Scan Current File
• Highlight Logs
• Clear Highlights
• Disable Logs
• Enable Logs
• Remove Logs
• Restore Logs
• Export Report
• Refresh Analysis

⚙️ Configuration

Console Auditor provides configurable settings, including:

• Enable or disable editor decorations
• Enable CodeLens
• Status Bar visibility
• Auto refresh
• Export format
• Highlight colour
• Ignored folders
• Ignored files
• Maximum files to scan

You can customise everything from the VS Code Settings page.

🔒 Privacy

Your code never leaves your computer.

Console Auditor is built with privacy in mind.

• ✅ Works completely offline
• ✅ No telemetry
• ✅ No analytics
• ✅ No cloud services
• ✅ No external API calls
• ✅ No AI or API keys required

Everything runs locally inside Visual Studio Code.

📷 Screenshots

Screenshots will be added soon.

Suggested images:

• Sidebar overview
• Editor highlighting
• Explorer badges
• Export report
• Status Bar
• CodeLens

💡 Why Console Auditor?

Many projects accumulate dozens—or even hundreds—of forgotten console statements during development.

Console Auditor helps you:

• Find them quickly
• Review them visually
• Disable them safely
• Remove them when needed
• Restore them if necessary
• Export audit reports for code reviews

It's a simple tool designed to make production releases cleaner and more confident.

🛣️ Roadmap

Planned improvements include:

• Custom log rules
• Workspace history
• Advanced filtering
• Git-aware analysis
• Keyboard shortcut customisation
• Additional language support

🤝 Contributing

I'm not an expert, still learning. There can be bugs, if you see anything wrong, any bug, you can let me know, I'll appreciate your efforts.

📄 License

Licensed under the MIT License.