A CLI to quickly launch VSCode/cursor devcontainers
Published on: 2025-07-15 21:25:46
vscli
A CLI/TUI which makes it easy to launch Visual Studio Code (vscode) dev containers. Also supports other editors like Cursor.
Read here about the journey of reverse engineering Microsoft's dev container CLI in order to make this.
Features
A shorthand for launching vscode projects (to be used like the code command but with dev container support)
command but with dev container support) Supports different editors like vscode , vscode-insiders , cursor and other vscode forks
, , and other vscode forks Detects whether a project is a dev container project, and launches the dev container instead
Supports multiple dev containers in the same project
Tracks your projects and allows you to open them using a CLI-based UI
Installation
Install vscli using cargo on Windows or Linux:
cargo install vscli
Install vscli using homebrew on Linux or Mac:
brew install michidk/tools/vscli
Install vscli using Chocolatey on Windows:
choco install vscli
Install vscli using winget on Windows:
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