Fresh File Explorer
Ranked 2 of 5 vs code extensions by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Shows what is actively worked on
“makes it very easy to immediately figure out what is actively being worked on”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work” “instead of 5000 files of which you need to see 20”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work” Novel, sensible IDE feature
“Nice and innovative which I love to see on an IDE feature, innovation.”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work” “this makes a ton of sense”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work” Looks cool, many settings
“Looks very cool, starred on github and downloaded extension”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work” “Really cool and lots of settings to tweak.”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work”
Other vs code extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other vs code extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS Code Remote SSH | 22 | 27 | 45% | 8 | — | — |
| Fresh File ExplorerThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| vscode-neovim | 6 | 1 | 86% | 6 | — | — |
| GitLens | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
| Calva | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Yours is definitely better because of the heatmap colouring”
“Nice and innovative which I love to see on an IDE feature, innovation.”
“Really cool and lots of settings to tweak.”
“Looks very cool, starred on github and downloaded extension”
“if you want a file quick pick like vscode's ctrl+p but for the fresh files, that's something i have”
“this makes a ton of sense”
“makes it very easy to immediately figure out what is actively being worked on”
“instead of 5000 files of which you need to see 20”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.