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FileScope

File properties without leaving VS Code: permissions, ownership, size and timestamps in the status bar, the full stat output in a panel.

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What it is

FileScope keeps the properties you care about in the VS Code status bar and puts everything the file system knows one click away.

Most file-properties extensions stop at size and modification time. FileScope answers the questions that come up on a server: who owns this file, when was it created, what are the permissions exactly, and does any of that survive over a remote connection. It does, because the extension runs on the side that holds the file.

Install it with one command:

code --install-extension banochkin.filescope

Working on a remote host? Install it on the remote side, the Extensions view offers that directly. A copy installed only locally has nothing to show, because only the machine that holds the file knows its properties.

Features

  • Status barPick which properties to show and in what order: permissions, owner, group, size, any of the four timestamps.
  • Real ownersOwner and group come back as names, not bare uid and gid, resolved through the system account database.
  • Exact permissionsSymbolic and octal side by side, with setuid, setgid and sticky bits rendered the way ls -l writes them.
  • Works remotelyRuns where the files are: Remote-SSH, WSL, Dev Containers and Codespaces report the remote file system.
  • Details panelEverything stat knows: inode, device, hard links, blocks, symlink targets, creation time where the file system records one.
  • Stays currentAfter a save, a chmod from the terminal or a rebase that touches the file, the display refreshes on its own.

Who it's for

  1. Developers who deploy over SSH and need to know who owns a file before touching it
  2. Anyone debugging permission errors without leaving the editor
  3. People who want stat output in a readable panel instead of a terminal tab

Pricing

  • EveryoneFreeMIT licence, source on GitHub

Changelog

  1. Aug 20263.0.2: first FileScope release, forked from vsc-file-properties 2.0.0 and rewritten: named owners, creation time, configurable status bar, remote support, esbuild toolchain.