Dev ext downloader

Download extensions from Visual Studio Marketplace and Jetbrains Marketplace

Requirements

Python 3.10+

Features

• Simply configure to download the latest extension
• Improving download speed using asyncio
• Supports incremental download and complete file download
• Supports generating metadata for downloaded files
• Generate simple static html page for downloaded extensions

Usage

Install uv according to the official doc

Or maybe you don't want to read those documents:

pip install pipx

pipx ensurepath

pipx install uv

Init project venv (Optional):

uv sync

VSIX Downloader

Download VSIX packages from Visual Studio Marketplace

Only support Visual Studio Code Extensions

Features

• Support custom download platforms and compatible VSCode versions
• Support for filtering pre-release versions

Usage

Set VSIX packages (Modify vsix.py):

from pathlib import Path
from dev_ext_downloader.vscode import VSCodeExt

# Download dir
DOWNLOAD_DIR: Path = Path("./vsix-vsix")

# Download temp dir
TEMP_DIR: Path = DOWNLOAD_DIR / ".temp"

# Task spec path
TASK_SPEC_PATH: Path = DOWNLOAD_DIR / "task-spec.json"

# Skip if exists or not
# If exists, skip download
SKIP_IF_EXISTS: bool = False

# Only keep latest version
# Depends on metadata
KEEP_ONLY_LATEST: bool = False

# Download concurrency
DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: int = 8

# No metadata or not
# Generate [ext_id.json] before download
NO_METADATA: bool = False

# Flatten dir or not
# No flatten dir:
# [download_dir]
#     └── [ext_id]
#         ├── [ext_id.vsix]
#         └── [ext_id.json]
# Flatten dir:
# [download_dir]
#     ├── [ext_id.vsix]
#     └── [ext_id.json]
FLATTEN_DIR: bool = False

# Target platform or None
# Currently available platforms are: win32-x64, win32-arm64, linux-x64, linux-arm64, linux-armhf, alpine-x64, alpine-arm64, darwin-x64, darwin-arm64 and web
TARGET_PLATFORM: str | None = "win32-x64"

# Required VSCode version or None
# It will download the latest version if not set
VSCODE_VERSION: str | None = "1.92.0"

# Include prerelease or not
# If not set, it will download the latest prerelease version
INCLUDE_PRERELEASE: bool = False

# VSIX packages ext id list
# Example: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python
# [ext_id] is ms-python.python
VSIX_LIST: list[str | VSCodeExt] = [
    "ms-python.python"
]

Run script to download all latest compatible extensions:

uv run vscode.py

Jetbrains Downloader

Download Jetbrains plugins from Jetbrains Marketplace

Features

• Support custom download compatible Jetbrains IDE versions
• Support generating updatePlugins.xml file

Usage

Set Jetbrains plugins (Modify jetbrains.py):

from pathlib import Path
from dev_ext_downloader.jetbrains import JetbrainsDef

# Download dir
DOWNLOAD_DIR: Path = Path("./downloads/jetbrains")

# Download temp dir
TEMP_DIR: Path = DOWNLOAD_DIR / ".temp"

# Task spec path
TASK_SPEC_PATH: Path = DOWNLOAD_DIR / "task-spec.json"

# Skip if exists or not
# If exists, skip download
SKIP_IF_EXISTS: bool = True

# Only keep latest version
# Depends on metadata
KEEP_ONLY_LATEST: bool = True

# Download concurrency
DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: int = 8

# No metadata or not
# Generate [ext_id.json] before download
NO_METADATA: bool = False

# Flatten dir or not
# No flatten dir:
# [download_dir]
#     └── [plugin_id]
#         ├── [plugin_id_fixed.zip]
#         └── [plugin_id.json]
# Flatten dir:
# [download_dir]
#     ├── [plugin_id_fixed.zip]
#     └── [plugin_id.json]
FLATTEN_DIR: bool = False

# Target build version or None for latest
# Example: IC-243.22562.13 or IC-243 or 243
TARGET_BUILD_VERSION: str | None = "IC-243.22562.13"

# Jetbrains plugin id list
# Example: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7495--ignore
# [ext_id] is '7495'
PLUGINS_LIST: list[str | JetbrainsDef] = ["7495"]

# For generating updatePlugins.xml
PLUGINS_DOWNLOAD_BASE_URL: str | None = "http://localhost:8080"

Run script to download all latest compatible extensions:

uv run jetbrains.py