What a VS Code verified publisher badge means, compared with Open VSX →
Autonomous AI coding agent for VS Code — reads files, writes code, runs commands and ships tasks end-to-end with Claude, GPT, DeepSeek, Qwen and more. 1M context, MCP tools, checkpoints and granular permissions.
Daily readings on both stores, taken by us. As of 24 Sept 2026.
Each bar is one day’s change in the store’s own counter. Open VSX counts a download on every update, so a day includes updates by people who already had it. Days before 5 Sept are reconstructed from public archives rather than read by us.
Positions observed daily on both stores. Neither store publishes this, and the two run separate search engines over separate catalogues.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| ai | — | #375of 3,210↑3 7d |
| ai assistant | #809of 12,193 | #181of 3,233 |
45 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
135 releases · first published Jun 2026
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
Nexrall Code - AI Coding Agent’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to Open VSX.