Grok Build Launcher — Run Grok CLI in a Side Terminal
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Launch Grok Build (xAI) CLI in a dedicated side terminal from VS Code, Cursor, or Windsurf. Local-first, cross-platform, and unofficial.
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 Grok Build Launcher — Run Grok CLI in a Side Terminal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ai agent | — | #295of 3,448 |
| ai coding agent | #897of 14,914 | #116of 3,818 |
10 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
- 488+1.6% 7d
- Rating
- —unrated
- Rank in Chat
- #564of 2,112
- Latest
- v0.1.128 Aug 2026
24 releases · first published May 2026
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
- Downloads
- 4,813+2.5% 7d
- Rating
- —from 0 reviews
- Rank in Chat
- #198of 536
- Latest
- v0.1.128 Aug 2026
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
What the publisher says
Grok Build Launcher — Run Grok CLI in a Side Terminal’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.