Systemd Configurations Helper for Visual Studio Code

A Visual Studio Code extension to help you read and write Systemd unit config, mkosi config and Podman Quadlet unit files.

Features

• Syntax highlighting, auto-completion, folding range and linter for the following files
  • Various systemd unit files (configuration files)
  • mkosi configuration files
  • Podman Quadlet unit files
• Document and help information for directives and specifiers in the editor

Installation

1. Click Extension button in left side of VSCode. (Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+X or Command+Shift+X)
2. Search for hangxingliu.vscode-systemd-support and click the Install button.

via Command Line

You can replace the code command to codium in following scripts if you are using VSCodium

code --install-extension hangxingliu.vscode-systemd-support
# Or install from a downloaded VSIX file:
code --install-extension vscode-systemd-support-${version}.vsix

Nightly Builds

Nightly builds can be found and downloaded in Github Actions page (Click any successful workflow run and the extension file is located in the Artifacts pane): https://github.com/hangxingliu/vscode-systemd/actions/workflows/ci.yaml

Changelog

3.0.0 (2025-01-08)

• Update the support to Systemd v257 and Podman Quadlet v5.3.1
• Add support for mkosi config files
• Add folding range feature
  • sections, multi-line comment, multi-line value and #region comments
• Add more auto-completion for directive(setting) value.
  • Add auto-completion support for directives that accept boolean or auto as values
• Update file path detection for Podman .network file (@marshallwp)
• Refactor the parser for fixing issues and more editor features
• Refactor some part of fetch scripts for comparing changes and generating diagnosis log

Build & Contributing

Please check out the document CONTRIBUTING.md for information about building/contributing this project

License

MIT

References

• Systemd
• Podman
• mkosi
• TextMate Language Grammars
• Systemd Syntax
• Icon resources
• bearmini's systemd extension
  • I created this extension to improve bearmini's systemd extension. It only provides syntax highlights.