A Visual Studio Code extension that displays your recent projects in a beautiful welcome tab when you start VS Code.

This extension opens when Visual Studio Code is started, displaying a list of recent projects.

The list is generated from a JSON file named recentFolders.json located in the user data dir directory.

If Visual Studio Code is started on a folder, this is added to the list of recent projects and the welcome tab is not shown.

• ✨ Automatic Welcome Tab: Opens automatically when VS Code starts without a workspace
• 📋 Recent Projects List: Shows your most recently used projects
• 🔝 Latest Projects Section: Displays your 5 most recently accessed projects at the top
• 🔤 Alphabetical Sorting: All projects are also listed alphabetically for easy navigation
• 🪟 Multiple Opening Options:
  • Click a project to open it in the current window
  • Use the ↗️ button to open in a new window
• 🗑️ Project Management: Remove projects from the list with the trash icon
• 💾 Persistent Storage: Projects are stored in your VS Code user data directory
• 🎨 Beautiful UI: Modern, responsive design with smooth hover effects

The extension activates automatically when you start VS Code without opening a folder. The welcome tab will appear showing your recent projects.

You can also manually show the Recent Projects view:

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Type "Show Recent Projects"
3. Press Enter

• Open in Current Window: Click on the project name
• Open in New Window: Click the ↗️ button
• Remove from List: Click the 🗑️ button

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Welcome Recent Projects"
4. Click Install

1. Clone this repository
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm run compile
4. Press F5 to open a new VS Code window with the extension loaded

The extension stores recent projects in a JSON file located in your VS Code user data directory:

• File: <userData>/globalStorage/leandrostasi.welcome-recent-projects/recentFolders.json
• Format: Array of project paths with metadata (name, folder, last used timestamp)

npm run compile

npm run watch

Press F5 in VS Code to start debugging the extension in a new Extension Development Host window.

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

See TODO.md for planned features and improvements.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.