What a VS Code verified publisher badge means, compared with Open VSX →
Node.js debugging support (versions < 8.0)
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.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| debuggers | #104of 1,519↑2 7d | — |
| javascript | #509of 8,871↑8 7d | — |
6 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
328 releases · first published Sept 2016
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
[Deprecated] Node Debug (legacy)’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.