What a VS Code verified publisher badge means, compared with Open VSX →
Lint source for EU AI Act Article 50 gaps: chatbots with no AI disclosure, generated image/audio/video with no machine-readable marking, deepfakes with no label. Article 50 applies 2 August 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.
Positions observed daily on both stores. Neither store publishes this, and the two run separate search engines over separate catalogues.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| linters | #401of 595 | #136of 433 |
| image | #873of 1,116 | #143of 194 |
4 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
11 releases · first published Sept 2026
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
AI Act Article 50 Lint - chatbot and AI-content disclosure in code’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.