What a VS Code verified publisher badge means, compared with Open VSX →
Open Source AI coding agent that generates code from natural language, automates tasks, and runs terminal commands. Features inline autocomplete, browser automation, automated refactoring, and custom modes for planning, coding, and debugging. Supports 500+ AI models including Claude (Anthropic), Gem
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.
#8 on Marketplace for “ai”, #726 on Open VSX.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| agentic | #67of 377 | #67of 1,165 |
| ai | #8of 11,617 | #726of 3,210↓28 7d |
51 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
565 releases · 130 reviews across both stores · first published Mar 2025
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
Kilo Code: AI Coding Agent, Copilot, and Autocomplete’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.