SchemaForge VS Code Extension

Bidirectional schema converter extension for VS Code — convert between SQL DDL, Prisma, Django, TypeORM, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, JSON Schema, GraphQL, EF Core, and Scala case classes.

Features

• Live Preview — side panel showing your active schema file converted to all 11 formats
• Quick Convert — Ctrl+Alt+S to convert the active editor's schema to your target format
• Format Detection — Ctrl+Alt+D to detect schema format
• Schema Diff — diff two schema files in VS Code's native diff editor
• Right-Click — convert or detect from the file explorer context menu
• Custom Editor — rich conversion preview for .schemaforge files

Prerequisites

Requires SchemaForge CLI installed:

pip install git+https://github.com/Coding-Dev-Tools/schemaforge.git

The CLI must be available on your PATH.

Extension Settings

Setting	Default	Description
schemaforge.cliPath	schemaforge	Path to the schemaforge CLI executable
schemaforge.defaultTargetFormat	sql	Default conversion target (sql, prisma, drizzle, typeorm, django, sqlalchemy, alembic, json_schema, graphql, ef, scala)
schemaforge.livePreview.enabled	true	Enable live preview when editing schema files

Commands

Command	Keybinding	Description
SchemaForge: Convert Schema File...	—	Select a schema file and target format to convert
SchemaForge: Quick Convert (Active Editor)	Ctrl+Alt+S (Cmd+Alt+S on Mac)	Convert the active editor content to default target format
SchemaForge: Diff Two Schema Files	—	Select two files and view differences
SchemaForge: Detect Format	Ctrl+Alt+D (Cmd+Alt+D on Mac)	Detect the format of the active editor's content

Development

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/Coding-Dev-Tools/vscode-schemaforge.git
cd vscode-schemaforge
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Compile
npm run compile
# Lint
npm run lint
# Launch Extension Development Host# Press F5 in VS Code

Project Structure

src/
├── cli.ts # SchemaForge CLI wrapper
├── commands/
│ ├── convert.ts # Convert command handler
│ ├── detect.ts # Format detection handler
│ └── diff.ts # Schema diff handler
├── output.ts # Shared cached OutputChannel helper
├── panels/
│ └── previewPanel.ts # Live preview WebView panel
├── providers/
│ └── schemaEditorProvider.ts # Custom editor provider
├── runCommand.ts # Command wrapper: surface errors + forward URIs
└── extension.ts # Extension entry point + activation

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

Security

See SECURITY.md for our security policy.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.