What a VS Code verified publisher badge means, compared with Open VSX →
Debug your JavaScript code in the Chrome browser, or any other target that supports the Chrome Debugger protocol.
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.
#6 on Marketplace for “debuggers”, #514 on Open VSX.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| debuggers | #6of 1,519 | #514of 514↓7 7d |
| javascript | #247of 8,871 | — |
3 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
129 releases · first published Nov 2015
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
[Deprecated] Debugger for Chrome’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.