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NEW · FOR VS CODE

Veyra Rewind

Time travel for your code.

Every version of every file, without a single commit. Scrub a timeline to see any file at any moment, play back how it evolved, and bring back the code or the file you deleted.

flightcoders.veyra-rewind · v1.0.0 · Free · MIT · Windows, macOS, Linux

Rewind in action: scrubbing back through a file's history finds a deleted function in red, then Play replays the file's story to now
FEATURES

The undo button you always wanted.

Scrub through time

Every save, every pause in typing and every checkpoint on one timeline. Drag the slider or use the arrow keys.

Play the story

Watch a file evolve step by step, at 1× to 8×. Perfect for “when did this break?”

Find deleted code

Search for text that was in any file but isn’t any more, across your whole history.

Restore anything

Put back a whole version as one edit (Ctrl+Z undoes it), or revert a single block in the diff editor.

Bring back deleted files

Deleted a file, even outside VS Code? Restore it from the last version Rewind saw.

Checkpoints

Name a moment, like “before the refactor”. Checkpoints are kept forever.

Tiny and fast

Snapshots are compressed and never stored twice, and history thins out as it ages. The extension itself is 68 KB.

Private by design

History stays on your computer. No account, no network access, no telemetry.

Zero setup

Install it and keep coding. Dependencies, build output and lock files are skipped automatically.

The same panel showing the whole file as it was at that moment
INSTALL

Ready in a minute.

  1. In VS Code, open Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X) and search for Veyra Rewind, or open it on the Visual Studio Marketplace.
  2. Click Install. History starts with the next file you open.

Lost something? Run Rewind: Find Deleted Code… and type what you remember.

rewind · shortcutsCtrl+Alt+Z Rewind this file
Ctrl+Alt+S Take a checkpoint
← → Step through time
Space Play the story
FAQ

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. Veyra Rewind is free and MIT licensed, with no account and no telemetry.

How is it different from Git?

Git keeps the versions you commit. Rewind keeps everything in between: the experiment you abandoned, the function you deleted before lunch, the file you never added. Use both.

How is it different from Ctrl+Z?

Undo is lost when you close a file or restart VS Code, and you can only step back one change at a time. Rewind keeps history across restarts and lets you jump straight to any moment.

How much disk space does it use?

Very little. Snapshots are compressed, identical content is stored once, and older history is thinned out: everything from today, one per 10 minutes for a week, one per hour up to 30 days. Run “Rewind: Show History Storage” to see the total.

Does my code leave my computer?

Never. History is kept in VS Code’s private storage for the extension on your computer, and Rewind makes no network requests.

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