open-in

Add a macOS context menu shortcut for your favorite editor!

Releases are published for Visual Studio Code and Zed, but following the steps below should work for most editors. Tested with macOS Sonoma 14.3.

Option 1: Prebuilt

1. Download the latest release, extract, open to install

Option 2: DIY (recommended)

1. Open Automator
2. File > New > Quick Action
3. Search the actions sidebar for "Open Finder Items"
4. Drag it to the main area that says "Drag actions ..."
5. Open with -> Other... -> Visual Studio Code (or any editor)
6. File -> Save
7. Enter "Open in Visual Studio Code" (or what you want the context action to say)
8. Open Terminal
9. Execute plutil -remove NSServices.0.NSIconName "$HOME/Library/Services/Open in Visual Studio Code.workflow/Contents/Info.plist"

Credits

Nothing about this is original. This is just meant to combine the best pieces of the existing methods that are floating around.

• Sankra/OpenFolderInVSCode
• idleberg's gist
• Erik Johnson's Stack Exchange answer