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The affordable AI coding agent for VS Code. Chat, generate code, edit files, and run commands, powered by free AI models.
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. 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.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| ai | #145of 11,617↑5 7d | — |
| assistant | #74of 2,807↑2 7d | — |
12 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
88 releases · first published Jun 2026
Blue AI Coding Assistant’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.