# How do I open my project in VS Code or a terminal?

The project menu has Open in your code editor, Open in Terminal and Show in Explorer, each at the project’s folder. Settings › Developer › External editor picks the editor, and every res:// path and error line in the chat opens there at its line.

Source: https://flockbay.com/docs/how-do-i-open-a-project-in-vs-code/ · Updated 2026-11-01

## Pick the editor and terminal

1. Open Settings (Ctrl+,) › **Developer**.
2. Under **External editor**, pick VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Rider, Zed, Godot’s Script editor, or Custom: a program with arguments, where `{project}`, `{file}`, `{line}` and `{col}` are filled in as in Godot’s Exec Flags.
3. Under **Terminal**, pick what **Open in Terminal** (Ctrl+`) starts at the project’s folder.

![Settings on Developer: External editor set to VS Code, found on this computer; Terminal set to Windows Terminal; Default permission mode; Open data folder and Open logs folder.](https://flockbay.com/docs-captures/settings-developer.webp?v=33bce32f49)

## Until you choose

The external editor is the one your own Godot uses, else the first one found on this computer. **Show in Explorer** is **Show in Finder** on a Mac and **Show in file manager** on Linux.

Related: [Projects on disk](/docs/where-your-project-lives/), [Does Flockbay change my Godot project?](/docs/does-flockbay-change-my-godot-project/), [Keyboard shortcuts](/docs/keyboard-shortcuts/)