VURA Studio
The core VS Code extension for VURA — an engineer-native notebook platform uniting SQL, Python, JavaScript, and HTML in one .flownb notebook, backed by an embedded DuckDB/Parquet bridge.
This is the kernel in VURA's micro-kernel architecture: it renders .flownb notebooks, runs SQL/Python/JavaScript/HTML cells, and exposes a ProviderRegistry (from @vura-data-os/core-sdk) that separate Add-on extensions — like vura-dataverse-adapter — register into to add their own magic commands.
Features
- Polyglot notebook cells — SQL (multi-auth TDS/MSSQL), Python and JavaScript (via gRPC sidecars sharing data through DuckDB/Parquet, zero-copy), HTML (Vega-Lite charts, PDF export), and
vura-terminal for !magic commands.
- Connection management — SQL connection profiles across four auth modes (Service Principal, Device Code, SQL Login, Windows Auth), stored in VS Code's
globalState/SecretStorage.
- Auto-Schema Flattener — ingest nested JSON/CSV/Excel/Parquet files directly into relational DuckDB tables via
!ingest-file.
- Query history and schema explorer — dedicated sidebar views for SQL connections.
- Cell output export — export or copy cell outputs, export HTML/graph cells to PDF.
Requirements
- VS Code 1.80+
- Node.js 18+
- Python 3.10+ (for Python cells)
Install
This repo doesn't publish to the VS Code Marketplace — package and install locally:
npm install
cd packages/core-extension
npm run compile
npx vsce package
code --install-extension vura-core-0.0.1.vsix
Getting started
Open VS Code, create a .flownb file, and add a cell per language to exercise the polyglot bridge — see the main repo's Development Playbook for the full golden-path walkthrough, and Architecture & IPC for how the DuckDB/Parquet bridge works under the hood.
To extend it with your own Add-on (a custom connector, a new magic command), see the SDK Guide — the same Add-on contract also runs, unmodified, in the standalone vura-runner CLI.
License
AGPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE. For a commercial license, contact info@nexionlabs.dev.
