What a VS Code verified publisher badge means, compared with Open VSX →
The 2026-07-28 revision removed the initialize handshake, sessions, ping and four more RPCs. Your assistant was trained before that and still writes them.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| lint | #112of 1,747↓50 7d | #208of 693↓84 7d |
| pink | — | #138of 155↓3 7d |
7 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
14 releases · first published Sept 2026
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
MCP Server Lint - 2026 spec migration’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.