Deploy any project to Render with a single click from VS Code.

• One-click deploy from the activity bar
• Auto-detects Static / Vanilla , Node.js, Python, Go and React
• Pre-flight checks catch common deployment issues before they fail
• Generates render.yaml, patches requirements.txt and creates Procfile as needed
• Reads .env and syncs environment variables to Render
• Initialises a git repo, creates a GitHub repo, commits and pushes automatically
• All UI in the sidebar — no popups

• A GitHub account
• A Render account with an API key
• Render connected to GitHub (one-time setup via the Render dashboard)

Install Samosa in any of the following ways:

• VS Code Marketplace — search for Samosa in the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X) and click Install, or go here
• Release download — grab the latest .vsix from the Releases page and run Extensions: Install from VSIX…

1. Install the extension using one of the methods above
2. Click the samosa icon in the activity bar
3. Click Connect next to GitHub and sign in via VS Code's native auth
4. Click Connect next to Render and paste your API key (Dashboard → Account Settings → API Keys)
5. Connect Render to GitHub once:
   • Go to dashboard.render.com/select-repo
   • Click Configure account
   • Enter your GitHub username and select All repositories
   • Click Save

1. Open your project folder in VS Code
2. Click Deploy to Render
3. Review any pre-flight warnings and confirm
4. Enter a commit message if there are uncommitted changes
5. Watch the 5-step progress: detect → scaffold → commit → push → deploy
6. Click Open in Browser when done

On first deploy the plan picker appears — select Free and it is remembered for future deploys.

If detection fails, a manual type picker appears in the sidebar.

Samosa scans for issues before deploying and shows a warnings screen if any are found:

• No process.env.PORT — Node servers must listen on PORT env var

Choose Deploy anyway to proceed or Cancel to fix the issue first.

• Jackie Ma
• Billy Nguyen
• Jonathan Lin