BBC micro:bit Manager
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Connect to a BBC micro:bit over WebUSB, flash a hex file and open a serial terminal. Shared by the micro:bit language extensions.
Tracked since 18 Sept 2026
Daily readings on both stores, taken by us. As of 25 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.
Where BBC micro:bit Manager ranks in search
Positions observed daily on both stores. Neither store publishes this, and the two run separate search engines over separate catalogues.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| embedded | #463of 681↓18 7d | #56of 158↓1 7d |
| terminal | — | #152of 527↓3 7d |
4 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
- Installs
- 61+93.4% 7d
- Rating
- —unrated
- Rank in Education
- >1,000of 1,973
- Latest
- v0.3.024 Sept 2026
6 releases · first published Sept 2026
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
- Downloads
- 862+71.9% 7d
- Rating
- —from 0 reviews
- Rank in Education
- #357of 459
- Latest
- v0.3.024 Sept 2026
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
What the publisher says
BBC micro:bit Manager’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.