ShitHub

A programmer's anonymous social square, right inside your editor.

ShitHub is a VS Code sidebar extension that lets developers vent, share code snippets, and interact with each other — anonymously or with their GitHub identity.

Features

Anonymous & Real-Name Dual Identity

• One-click GitHub login via VS Code's built-in authentication
• Random anonymous nicknames generated from a rich word bank (e.g. "Chill Dolphin", "佛系的柴犬")
• Geometric avatars powered by Boring Avatars
• Switch freely between anonymous and real-name mode at any time
• Refresh your anonymous identity whenever you want a new persona

Social Square

• Global feed with real-time updates via WebSocket
• Post text with optional syntax-highlighted code snippets (powered by Shiki)
• React with poop — click the poop button to trigger a fun falling animation
• Comment & reply — flat comment threads under each post with like support
• Three tabs: Square (global feed), My Posts, My Comments

Code Sharing

• Select code in the editor → right-click → Post to ShitHub
• Syntax highlighting with automatic language detection
• Light/dark theme auto-detection to match your VS Code theme
• Code snippet limit: 30 lines

Privacy First

• Client-side sanitization: emails, IPs, API keys, tokens, and sensitive URLs are automatically scrubbed before posting
• All scanning happens locally — raw sensitive data never leaves your machine
• Post anonymously without even logging in

i18n

• Automatically switches between Chinese and English based on vscode.env.language

More Details

• IP geolocation display (country/region) on each post
• Infinite scroll with pagination (10 items per page)
• Keep-alive tabs that remember scroll position
• Tab switching with smooth slide animation
• Character limit: 150 for posts, 100 for comments

Usage

1. Click the ShitHub icon in the activity bar (sidebar)
2. Start typing in the bottom input bar to post
3. Select code in the editor → right-click → Post to ShitHub to share a code snippet
4. Click on a user's avatar/nickname to switch identity or log in

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85.0 or later
• Internet connection (for real-time sync)

Known Issues

• Code block highlighting loads all language grammars lazily; first highlight of an uncommon language may have a brief delay

Release Notes

0.1.0

Initial release:

• Anonymous/real-name social posting
• Code snippet sharing with syntax highlighting
• Poop reaction with falling animation
• Real-time global feed
• GitHub login integration
• i18n support (Chinese/English)
• IP geolocation display

Enjoy venting!