Ticketpane.

What it is

Ticketpane puts your Jira Cloud issues in the VS Code, Cursor, or Windsurf sidebar. Browse "My Issues" and saved JQL filters, open an issue to read the description and comments, and act on it — all without switching to a browser tab. Free tier reads your issues; Pro unlocks writing back to Jira.

Who it's for

A developer who lives in Jira all day at work but hates alt-tabbing to the browser just to check a ticket, leave a comment, or move a card to "In Review."

Why I built it

I wanted everything I normally do in Jira's browser UI available without leaving the editor — and I wanted it without running a server of my own. Signing in with a Jira API token instead of OAuth was a deliberate choice: no account of ours in the middle, no database, nothing stored anywhere but locally in VS Code.

How it works

You connect with an API token you generate yourself, stored in VS Code's own secret storage. Free: browse your issues and saved filters. Pro ($19 one-time per developer): transition an issue's status, add a comment, create a new issue, start a git branch straight from an issue, and copy the issue key or URL. Pro is unlocked by a Polar license key, checked against Polar's servers and then cached for a week so it keeps working offline. The extension talks directly to Jira and to Polar — there's no server of ours sitting between you and either one.

What's next

It's live on the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX. From here it's mostly bug fixes and small feature requests as real usage turns them up — more Jira operations like issue linking or sprint boards if people ask for them.