GitLens: From Idea to Successful VS Code Extension

Sep 24, 2025

Every dev has that “there has to be a better way” moment.
For Eric Amodio, that moment created GitLens.

From scratching his own itch → to millions of devs using it daily.

GitKraken Desktop:
http://tr.ee/GKDYT

GitKraken CLI:
http://tr.ee/CLIYT

GitLens for VS Code:
http://tr.ee/GLYT

Git Integration for Jira:
http://tr.ee/GijYT

Git Blog:
http://gitkraken.com/blog