CodeMaid
CodeMaid is an open source Visual Studio extension to cleanup and simplify our C#, C++, F#, VB, PHP, PowerShell, JSON, XAML, XML, ASP, HTML, CSS, LESS, SCSS, JavaScript and TypeScript coding. (by codecadwallader)
vscode-gitlens
Supercharge Git inside VS Code and unlock untapped knowledge within each repository — Visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and CodeLens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via rich visualizations and powerful comparison commands, and so much more (by gitkraken)
| CodeMaid | vscode-gitlens | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 21 | |
| 1,928 | 9,403 | |
| 0.0% | 0.7% | |
| 1.8 | 9.9 | |
| over 1 year ago | 7 days ago | |
| C# | TypeScript | |
| GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
CodeMaid
Posts with mentions or reviews of CodeMaid.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-13.
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Simplify Your C# Code: Top 5 Refactoring Tools
CodeMaid is an open-source Visual Studio extension to cleanup and simplifies our C#, C++, F#, VB, PHP, PowerShell, R, JSON, XAML, XML, ASP, HTML, CSS, LESS, SCSS, JavaScript and TypeScript coding.
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how to bring order to a legacy codebase using editorconfig and dotnet format? it is only fixing whitespace issues
Or as an alternative use CodeMaid.
- Which linters are you using for CI environments?
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7 Visual Studio Tools to Improve Your Software Development in 2021
CodeMaid is an open-source extension that seeks to clean and simplify the code for several languages, like C#, C++, PHP, and JavaScript.
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Some useful Visual Studio extensions
CodeMaid is one of my favorite extensions that without it I really cannot write code. CodeMaid features are:
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Bullet point series - Part 2 - Some pretty sweet Visual Studio Extensions I Use
Codemaid, https://www.codemaid.net, cleanup on save, cross team formatting practices, this allows me and my team mates to have the same formatting, its just a real sweet timesaver, makes your code pretty too.
vscode-gitlens
Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-gitlens.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-05-29.
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Edamagit: Magit for VSCode
Well it's free software and open source, right? https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/blob/main/LICENS...
Eventually someone will fork it just to remove the ads
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Must Have VsCode extensions for Web-developers
Github: Gitlens Marketplace: Gitlens
- The Loneliness of the Mid-Level Vimmer
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Why Git Is Hard
IntelliJ: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/investigate-changes.html
VSCode:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mhutchie...
or https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens#commit-graph-
SourceTree: https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/viewing-log-hi...
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Came back to Git Graph after several months of using GitLens+
Quite a while ago, the GitLens+ plugin gained the Commit Graph feature--the same graph you see in GitKraken. Until then I had used Git Graph for visualizing my repositories and GitLens+ for git blame in the GUI. Since one plugin could now do both, the natural course of action was to remove the other--goodbye, Git Graph!
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Why I love GitLens in my VsCode - Part 1
Btw, today I want to speak about something different, I love git and I love terminal, but sometimes I love having the info visualised appealingly and get info about the source control quickly. I work with VsCode typically, so some months ago I tried to find a solution for this editor that resolves what was said before. After googling and some testing, the result of my search was: GitLens. Now, I want to show you how it works and how it can improve your routine. So don't waste time and let's jump in it!
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Both are good, what would you pick?
GitLens extension chef's kiss
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tig blame online
for GitLens https://gitlens.amod.io/
- GitLens adds “Premium Features” and enough reminders that you don't miss them
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The Myth of Self-Documenting Code
The better version is to have something like gitlens installed into your IDE and have it dynamically render those git comments.
https://github.com/Axosoft/vscode-gitlens#current-line-blame...
What are some alternatives?
When comparing CodeMaid and vscode-gitlens you can also consider the following projects:
StyleCop - Analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of style and consistency rules.
vscode-git-graph - View a Git Graph of your repository in Visual Studio Code, and easily perform Git actions from the graph.
BenchmarkDotNet - Powerful .NET library for benchmarking
Git - Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.
.NET Compiler Platform ("Roslyn") Analyzers
linux - Linux kernel source tree