codesandbox / codesandbox/codesandbox-client
Allow sharing CodeSandbox with preinstalled .vsix extensions
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
What is this feature?
Allow users to share a CodeSandbox workspace that preserves installed extensions from local .vsix files.
How should it work?
When a user installs one or more extensions in their workspace, and then shares the project link, the recipient should see the same environment, with the extensions automatically preinstalled or prompted to install on first open.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing CodeSandbox workspace sharing and local .vsix extension installation, then determine how shared links carry environment state. Done means a shared project preserves the installed extensions or prompts the recipient to install them on first open.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100