u/PurunCao

I made a small VS Code extension for visualizing VASP structure files (POSCAR / CONTCAR / .vasp) directly inside the editor.

This mostly came from my own frustration of repeatedly exporting structures to VESTA just to quickly check edits while working in VS Code, so I thought I’d share it in case it’s useful to anyone else with a similar workflow :)

The preview updates automatically as the file changes and currently supports basic bond visualization, atom hover coordinates inspection, and selective dynamics highlighting.

VS Marketplace:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PurunSimonCao.atomview

GitHub:
https://github.com/Simon-Cao-Git/AtomView