Atlas is a VS Code extension I started building after repeatedly getting lost inside large full-stack repositories where folder structures stopped reflecting the actual architecture.

The idea is simple:
instead of navigating repositories purely through folders/files, explore them through systems and relationships.

So instead of mentally tracing things through:

src/components/
src/services/
src/utils/

AUTH SYSTEM
PAYMENT FLOW
STATE MANAGEMENT
API LAYER

Atlas visualizes how systems connect internally through dependency graphs and architectural relationships.

Current experiments include:

• semantic architecture exploration
• dependency graph visualization
• circular dependency detection
• dead code detection
• layer diagnostics

Everything runs locally with no telemetry or cloud processing.

The long-term goal is basically:
“Google Maps for codebases.”

Atlas

Visual codebase architecture for VS Code

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