BBC micro:bit MicroPython
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Build and flash a MicroPython project to a BBC micro:bit, and connect to the device serial and REPL.
Tracked since 5 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. Days before 5 Sept are reconstructed from public archives rather than read by us.
Where BBC micro:bit MicroPython 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 | #496of 681↓7 7d | #57of 158↓3 7d |
| python | — | #331of 809↓17 7d |
2 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
- 32+18.8% 7d
- Rating
- —unrated
- Rank in Education
- >1,000of 1,973
- Latest
- v0.5.023 Sept 2026
10 releases · first published Aug 2026
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
- Downloads
- 1,702+51.7% 7d
- Rating
- —from 0 reviews
- Rank in Education
- #269of 459
- Latest
- v0.5.023 Sept 2026
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
What the publisher says
BBC micro:bit MicroPython’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.