codeowners-extended
December 29, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
Get more out of your CODEOWNERS file. Supports all standard locations including .github, .gitlab, and .bitbucket directories.
Allows easy access to contact info for code owners encoded within the CODEOWNERS file in a simple space-separated format. More info on that over here.
Features
Provides syntax highlighting for CODEOWNERS files.
Displays the owner of the current file in the status bar.

If you provide contact info in your CODEOWNERS file, this allows you easy access to that info for any individual or team via a quick-search command.

Installation
The extension is available from:
- The official extension marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=noahm.codeowners-extended
- Open VSX Registry: https://open-vsx.org/extension/noahm/codeowners-extended
Alternatively, download the latest release from the Github releases section. Run code --install-extension codeowners-extended-X.X.X.vsix or, from the "..." menu at the top of the extensions sidebar inside VS Code, pick "Install from VISX..."
Requirements
Add a CODEOWNERS file to your project according to Github documentation (or via conventions of Gitlab or Bitbucket)
Team contact info will only be available for projects that include a structured contact info section within its CODEOWNERS file according to the specs described here.
Extension Settings
No settings have been implemented yet. Ability to specify a non-standard CODEOWNERS file name/location is coming soon!
Known Issues
None yet!
Release Notes
See the changelog
Acknowledgements
Icon from the Feather Icons set used under MIT license.