VS Code config auditor — 26 rules, free

Paste any .vscode/settings.json, tasks.json, c_cpp_properties.json, .globalrc or gtags.conf. Findings appear as you type — nothing is uploaded, the check runs in this tab. These are the same 26 rules the extension runs inside VS Code.

Your config file
Findings

This checked one file. A repository has dozens.

The browser page and the extension both audit the one file in front of you, free and forever. A licence adds the two things you cannot do by hand: audit every config file in the workspace in one run, and re-run the audit on every save so a machine-specific path someone pastes back in is caught the same minute.

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Free forever, no key: all 26 rules on the open file · all 46 setup blocks · no watermark, no countdown, no lock after N runs.

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Free for the file open in your editor - no key, no limit. The workspace sweep and the report ask for a key.

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ext install ReadyStack.gtags-workspace-config-kit
npx @readystack/gtags-workspace-config-kit <file>
docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/w" getreadystack/gtags-workspace-config-kit /w

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We watch the regulation and vendor sources behind GNU GLOBAL (gtags) Workspace Setup Kit every day. When a rule changes, you get a single email with what changed and the updated check. No newsletter.

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Scope and repetition: audit every config file in the whole workspace in a single run instead of the one file in front of you, and re-run the audit automatically on every save so a machine-specific path pasted back in is caught the same minute.

One payment, one licence key for this tool. The key is shown right after payment.

A senior C++ developer's hour costs $73 in the United States (Salary.com, 1 September 2026); mid-to-senior software contractors bill $60-110/hour (KORE1, 2026). One hour spent hand-reading a repository's .vscode configs costs more

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