What a VS Code verified publisher badge means, compared with Open VSX →
A common Sign In and Subscription management extension for VS Code.
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.
Positions observed daily on both stores. Neither store publishes this, and the two run separate search engines over separate catalogues.
#1 on Marketplace for “azure”, #87 on Open VSX.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| azure | #1of 739 | #87of 113↓6 7d |
| commit | — | #548of 551↓15 7d |
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
69 releases · first published Sept 2017
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
Azure Account’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.