# Fresh File Explorer

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Fresh File Explorer and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A VS Code extension that lists recently changed files in a quick pick and colours them by activity, so you can see what you are working on.

## Why people recommend it

- Shows what is actively worked on (2 comments): "makes it very easy to immediately figure out what is actively being worked on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47113699)) "instead of 5000 files of which you need to see 20" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47113326))
- Novel, sensible IDE feature (2 comments): "Nice and innovative which I love to see on an IDE feature, innovation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116883)) "this makes a ton of sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47113872))
- Looks cool, many settings (2 comments): "Looks very cool, starred on github and downloaded extension" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114657)) "Really cool and lots of settings to tweak." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116861))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [VS Code Remote SSH](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vs-code-remote-ssh.md): 22 recommend
- [vscode-neovim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vscode-neovim-extension.md): 6 recommend
- [GitLens](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlens.md): 6 recommend
- [Calva](https://hackerapproved.com/p/calva.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fresh File Explorer", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fresh-file-explorer/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).