GitHub Integration

VS Code Web natively integrates remote GitHub repos — browse, open and edit them without installing Git.

Login

1. Click the GitHub icon in the left activity bar
2. Click Login
3. Authorize in the popup window — it closes automatically and the page reloads
4. Your repos appear in the sidebar

Browse & Edit

• Click a repo to expand its file tree and branches
• Click a file to open it in the main editor with highlighting and completion
• Edit, then click Save Current in the sidebar to write back to the repo

Switch Language

Use Ctrl+K M or the status bar to switch the language mode for highlighting and completion. Built-in languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, HTML, CSS, Python, Markdown, YAML, C++, Go, Rust, PHP, Shell, Java, C#, XML, SQL.