How to publish an extension in VSX.org

Vsx Registry is an open source VS Code marketplace that host extensions.

Cursor uses VSX instead of the Microsoft Marketplace to install extension.

Skip Step 3 and 4 if already created an account in Eclipse Foundation and logged in on your terminal to vsx.

VSX

1. Install Open VSX publishing tool

npm install -g ovsx 

2. Build .vsix package

(Optional) Install vsce to create .vsix

npm install -g vsce

Run

node esbuild.js --production
# or
vsce package

This will create your-extension.vsix

3. Create Account at open-vsx.org

• Go to open-vsx.org and create account
• Create an account at Eclipse Foundation . Needed for signing terms for publishing and link with Github Account
• Go back to open-vsx.org, go to publish -> profile, then sign Eclipse Foundation Open VSX Publisher Agreement
• Create a Namespace, which is your publisher name. Go to publish -> namespaces. Follow the links to create your namespace. Here direct link to claim your namespace and be verified link
• Wait to be approved

4. Authenticate via CLI to VSX

• Go to open-vsx.org -> publish -> access token
• Create a new token
• Save token

Authenticate via CLI:

ovsx login <vsx-login-name> 

Then it wil ask your token, paste your token.

Should get a message like this:

• 🚀 PAT valid to publish at joseavr

5. Publish your extension

Run command

ovsx publish

VSCE

Vscode Marketplace from Microsoft

Check if logged already

vsce ls-publishers

If not then go to step 1

1. Renew token

• Go to https://dev.azure.com/publisher-name/_usersSettings/tokens
• Click to create a new token
• Give full permission

Then login

vsce login <publisher-name>

Then override to create a new token

Do you want to overwrite its PAT? [y/N]
> y

2. Publish Extension

Edit the package.json by upgrading the version

Then publish

vsce publish

Check your published extension in the marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage/publishers/your-publisher-name