A simple python script which downloads the latest versions of your currently installed vscode extensions and retrieves their metadata for declarative extensions via extensionsFromVscodeMarketplace.

Some future implementation details include:

• auto-updating produced expression
• removing the json middleman (python -> nix)
• parallelization (speeding up processing and downloads)
• version checking for compatibility
• reducing memory and network i/o requirements

The syntax for the command follows main.py N {latest,current}.

• N (default nproc): no. of concurrent extension downloads at a time
• {latest,current} (default "current"): whether to consider the currently installed version of an extension or simply pull from latest

$ python src/main.py $(nproc) latest > latest.nix # the latest versions of your extensions
$ python src/main.py $(nproc) current > current.nix # the current versions of your extensions

Import the file created from the above commands into your configurations.

# configuration.nix
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: {
    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
        (vscode-with-extensions.override {
           vscodeExtensions = pkgs.vscode-utils.extensionsFromVscodeMarketplace (import ./ext.nix);
        })
    ];
}
        

# home.nix
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: {
    programs.vscode.enable = true;
    programs.vscode.extensions = pkgs.vscode-utils.extensionsFromVscodeMarketplace (import ./ext.nix);
}
        

All code in this project is licensed under the GNU GPL v3 license. Extensions remained licensed under their original license and any other licenses that pertain to them (this license excluded).