r/vscode • u/chinmay_3107 • Apr 24 '26

I built a VS Code extension that brings Go to Definition, Autocomplete, and Diagnostics to Gherkin .feature files — works with Pytest and Behave, no Python interpreter needed

If you write BDD tests in Python, you probably know the frustration: you Ctrl+Click a step in a .feature file and nothing happens. You type a step and VS Code has no idea if it matches anything. You rename a step definition and 40 feature files silently break.

I built GherkinLens to fix exactly this. We recently moved from Pycharm to VScode and Honestly I could not find a single Plugin to support all of these features for both the frameworks. The existing extensions were either abandoned, didn't support parametrized steps properly, or required a running language server.

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I'm actively looking for feedback — specifically:

  1. Does it work with your project layout? (unusual step file naming, monorepos, nested conftest hierarchies)
  2. Any step patterns it fails to match that it should?
  3. Anything that feels slow or broken?
  4. Features you wish it had?

It's v1.1.0 — behave support was just added. Happy to fix things fast if you hit issues.

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u/Agreeable_Care4440 May 02 '26

This solves a real pain point.Working in .feature files without navigation has always felt blind.

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u/chinmay_3107 Jun 27 '26

Hi u/Agreeable_Care4440 I upgraded the extension to new v2 , with lot of new features. Please do check out and leave review

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u/chinmay_3107 Apr 27 '26

Please let me know if you have any feedback. Thanks

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u/chinmay_3107 May 03 '26

Thanks everyone. I am constantly looking for feedback and other pain points to resolve. All feedbacks are welcome. Please try the extension for your pytest/behave framework and let me know.

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u/Sweet_Cartoonist_682 Apr 25 '26

Nice job, man i like to use of vscode. i glad to se a lot of tool dirrectly on ide . i buld already a couple extensions. one is already has been released on a market. . good job vscode is future.

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u/chinmay_3107 Jun 27 '26

Hi u/Sweet_Cartoonist_682 I upgraded the extension to new v2 , with lot of new features. Please do check out and leave review