# Having an issue with the VS Code extension

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 12, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014 "2023-12-12T19:58:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/1 "2023-12-12T19:58:28Z")

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I can’t seem to download one of my projects from a GitHub repository using the makecode VS Code extension. The project is valid and in a public repo. Help?

Here’s the project in question.

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/2 "2023-12-12T19:59:13Z")

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hmmm what error are you getting?

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/3 "2023-12-12T20:01:08Z")

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“Unable to download project”

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/4 "2023-12-12T20:04:48Z")

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hmmmm looks like it’s broken for all github urls. i’ll file a bug

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/5 "2023-12-12T20:07:01Z")

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in the meantime, you should be able to download the repo normally and open it in vscode. the extension should work fine!

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/6 "2023-12-12T20:08:13Z")

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It will? I thought about it but didn’t know if creating a project sets up some kind of environment so I thought it wouldn’t work if I opened a folder I cloned from github. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/7 "2023-12-12T20:09:51Z")

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yeah, should work fine! you might need to install the dependencies (in the makecode section of vscode there’s a command for it)

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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/8 "2024-03-23T00:19:54Z")

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@richard Is it possible to debug or see the console with the extension? These features are really important and I don’t think I can work on my projects without them

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-an-issue-with-the-vs-code-extension/25014/9 "2024-03-25T21:27:37Z")

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you can see the console!

1. open the output pane (View \> Ouput or ctrl+shift+u)
2. in the dropdown on the top right of the output pane, select the MakeCode Simulator