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Boost Your Productivity with the 7 Best Note Taking Extensions for VS Code

Craft a Powerful Customized Note Taking System with Markdown in VS Code

Steven Zepol
5 min readOct 13, 2023

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Keeping notes tidy can be hard.

Notebooks and text files can get messy fast. But VS Code has add-ons to help! VS Code has some of the best note taking extras out there. These tools let you connect notes, track tasks, build a knowledge book, and work better.

Let’s look at 7 great note taking add-ons for VS Code.

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1. VSNotes

VSNotes helps you make and sort plain text notes. It uses VS Code’s quick commands to help you out.

You can pick a main folder for all new notes. VSNotes lets you tag notes to find them again later. It can also open your latest notes fast, show all tags and notes in the file menu, and open your whole note folder.

VSNotes also lets you add code pieces when making a new note. You can save changes using source control. And you can make notes in workspaces you have open.

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Steven Zepol

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