As a developer, I was constantly annoyed by how tedious it was to open my IDE in the right project folder:
Either cd into the directory in Terminal and run idename ./, or click through folders manually in the IDE.
So I built IDE Opener, a lightweight macOS tool that solves this pain point.
IDE Opener is a tool I created that lets you open your current Finder folder in your favorite IDE (VS Code, Cursor, or Windsurf) — straight from the Finder toolbar.
One-click launch, no terminal needed
Supports VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
Just drag it to the Finder toolbar and go
Click once, and your project is open. That’s it.
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It’s helped me a lot — maybe it’ll help you too.
If you find it useful, drop a on the repo — it means a lot!
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