Browse, explore, and manage your Couchbase data directly from Visual Studio
Note: This extension is currently in BETA / PREVIEW. We're actively developing new features and would love your feedback!
Couchbase Explorer brings powerful database management capabilities directly into your Visual Studio workflow:
- 🔗 Multiple Connections - Save and manage connections to multiple Couchbase Server instances
- 🔐 Secure Credential Storage - Passwords are securely stored using Windows Credential Manager
- 🔒 SSL/TLS Support - Connect securely to your clusters with SSL encryption
- ✅ Connection Testing - Verify your connection settings before saving
- 📂 Hierarchical Tree View - Navigate your cluster structure: Buckets → Scopes → Collections → Documents
- ⚡ Lazy Loading - Efficient loading of large datasets with batched document retrieval
- 📄 Document Viewer - View document contents in a formatted JSON editor with syntax highlighting
- 🔄 Refresh Support - Refresh any level of the tree to see the latest data
- 👁️ View Documents - Double-click or right-click to open documents in a dedicated editor tab
- 📋 Copy JSON - Quickly copy document contents to clipboard
- 🆔 Copy Document ID - Copy document IDs for use in your code
- Open Visual Studio 2022 or 2026
- Go to Extensions > Manage Extensions
- Search for "Couchbase Explorer"
- Click Download and restart Visual Studio
Download the latest .vsix from the Releases page and double-click to install.
- Go to View > Couchbase Explorer
- The tool window will appear (by default, docked near Server Explorer)
- Click the Add Connection button in the toolbar
- Enter a friendly name for your connection
- Enter your Couchbase Server hostname or IP address
- Provide your username and password
- Enable SSL/TLS if required
- Click Test Connection to verify
- Click Save
- Right-click your connection and select Connect
- Expand the tree to browse: Buckets > Scopes > Collections > Documents
- Double-click any document to view its contents
- 💻 Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio 2026 (x64 and ARM64 supported)
- 🗄️ Couchbase Server 7.0+ or Couchbase Capella (Capella support coming soon)
We're actively working on new features! Here's what's coming:
- Couchbase Capella Support - Connect to cloud-hosted Capella clusters
- N1QL Query Editor - Write and execute N1QL queries
- Document Editing - Create, update, and delete documents
- Index Management - View and manage indexes
- Search Integration - Full-text search capabilities
- Import/Export - Bulk data operations
Have a feature request? Open an issue!
Contributions are welcome! Whether it's bug reports, feature requests, or pull requests - all feedback helps make this extension better.
- Clone the repository
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2022 or 2026
- Ensure you have the "Visual Studio extension development" workload installed
- Press F5 to launch the experimental instance
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
This extension is an independent, community-driven project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Couchbase, Inc. Couchbase and Capella are trademarks of Couchbase, Inc.
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