offvsix: Offline Visual Studio Code Extension Downloader

offvsix is a Python CLI utility designed to streamline the process of downloading Visual Studio Code extensions for offline installations. Whether you're preparing for a coding session without internet access or simply want to keep your favorite extensions handy, offvsix has you covered!

Features

• Download specific versions of extensions.
• Download extensions to a custom directory.
• Use a proxy server for downloading.
• Avoid redundant downloads with optional caching.
• Get detailed logs with verbose mode.
• Bulk download: Supply a text file with a list of extensions to download them all at once!

Installation

You can install the package from PyPI:

pip install offvsix

Or for offline installation, download the wheel file and run:

pip install offvsix-<version>.whl

Usage

Basic usage:

offvsix <publisher.extension>

For example:

offvsix ms-python.python

Using a Text File:

To download multiple extensions, you can use a text file where each line is an extension name:

offvsix --file extensions.txt

Install downloaded extension

code --install-extension ./extensions/ms-python.python-2023.17.12561009.vsix

Options:

• --version to specify the version.
• --destination to specify the destination folder.
• --no-cache to force re-download.
• --no-print without output.
• --file to specify a text file containing a list of extensions to download.
• --proxy to use a proxy server.
• --json Output result as JSON.
• --target-platform VS Code target platform (e.g. win32-x64, linux-x64, darwin-arm64).

Contributing

All contributions are welcome! Please refer to the CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT Licensed. See LICENSE for full details.

Author

• Lucian BLETAN