Nifty Todo

TODO, FIXME and HACK comments highlighted in the editor and listed in a tree, plus Better Comments-style markers.

Maintained. No sign-in. No telemetry. Works in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium and other editors that use Open VSX.

One extension replacing two: a TODO tree and comment highlighting that keep working after VS Code updates.

Features

The TODOs view grouped by tag, a click on a FIXME jumping to its line, then a new TODO typed in billing.py showing up in the view right away

The TODOs view lists every TODO, FIXME, HACK, BUG, XXX and NOTE, next to highlighted comments

TODOs grouped by tag

Every TODO in one place. A TODOs view in the Explorer lists every TODO, FIXME, BUG, HACK, XXX and NOTE comment in your workspace. Group by file or by tag; click to jump to it. A badge shows the count.
Highlighted in the editor. Each tag gets its own colour (and a mark on the scrollbar). Highlight just the tag or the whole comment.
Your own tags. Add REVIEW, @todo, PERF or anything else, with any colour.
Better Comments-style markers.
- // ! Deprecated: don't use is red.
- // ? Why is this needed is blue.
- // * Important is green.
- //// oldCode(); is struck out.
Author and ticket tags. TODO(ann): … and FIXME[JIRA-123]: … are recognised.
Live. Updates as you type and when files change on disk.
Copy as a Markdown checklist. Paste all TODOs into an issue or PR description.
Any language. Understands //, #, /* */, , --, ;, % and ' comments, and ignores tags inside strings.
Fast and safe. Skips node_modules, build output, minified and binary files. It doesn't depend on VS Code's internal search binary, which is what broke other TODO extensions after updates.
Works in the browser on vscode.dev and github.dev.

Command	What it does
`Nifty Todo: Rescan Workspace`	Scan all files again
`Nifty Todo: Copy TODOs as Markdown Checklist`	Copy everything as `- [ ]` items grouped by file
`Nifty Todo: Group by Tag` / `Group by File`	Switch the tree's grouping (also in the view's title bar)

Setting	Default	What it does
`nifty.todo.tags`	TODO, FIXME, BUG, HACK, XXX, NOTE	Tags and colours, e.g. `[{ "tag": "REVIEW", "color": "#22C55E" }]`
`nifty.todo.highlight`	`tag`	`tag`, `line` (whole comment) or `none`
`nifty.todo.betterComments`	`true`	Colour `!`, `?`, `*` and `////` comments
`nifty.todo.groupBy`	`file`	Tree grouping: `file` or `tag`
`nifty.todo.include`	`*/`	Files to scan
`nifty.todo.exclude`	node_modules, .git, dist, build…	Files to skip
`nifty.todo.maxFiles`	`5000`	Maximum files scanned

VS Code: search for "Nifty Todo" in the Extensions view, or install from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Kiro, Antigravity: install from Open VSX.

This extension collects no telemetry, needs no account and makes no network requests.

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