Tools by purpose
Marketplace categories tell you an extension is a “Programming Language”. These tell you it is a linter, an AI agent or a database client. 14,463 extensions across 53 categories, each ranked by installs.
Language tooling
6 categoriesLanguage support3,188
Pylance205M
Maven for Java49M
Code Runner42M
Snippets2,237
JavaScript (ES6) code snippets22M
ES7+ React/Redux/React-Native snippets18M
HTML Snippets12M
Code runners41
Java Run1.4M
Node.js Exec972k
Run on Save778k
Build tools & runtimes60
Python Environments58M
.NET Install Tool30M
npm7.7M
Boilerplate generators55
Spring Initializr Java Support6.8M
Angular Schematics1.5M
C# XML Documentation Comments1.5M
Refactoring37
Auto Import5.5M
Lombok Annotations Support for VS Code1.3M
Auto Import - ES6, TS, JSX, TSX872k
AI
4 categoriesAI coding agents58
Claude Code for VS Code26M
Codex – OpenAI’s coding agent15M
GitHub Copilot for Azure2.1M
AI model providers16
GPT356k
Ollama248k
OAI Compatible Provider for Copilot114k
AI context tools14
豆包应用共享插件348k
Power BI Authoring MCP Server234k
Context7 MCP Server130k
AI for one task19
IntelliCode API Usage Examples47M
GitHub Copilot modernization1.7M
VS Code Speech1.4M
Source control
2 categoriesWeb & API
3 categoriesDevOps, cloud & remote
3 categoriesData
3 categoriesCode quality
4 categoriesLinters333
Code Spell Checker18M
Tailwind CSS IntelliSense15M
Error Lens9.9M
Formatters707
Prettier - Code formatter72M
Better Comments11M
Prettier ESLint4.8M
Testing169
Test Runner for Java47M
Test Explorer UI5.6M
Test Adapter Converter5.3M
Debuggers452
Python Debugger144M
PHP Debug16M
[Deprecated] Debugger for Chrome11M
Editing
5 categoriesText transforms80
Hex Editor7.4M
Trailing Spaces3.6M
change-case1.8M
Selection, brackets & folding53
Bookmarks5.2M
Highlight Matching Tag3.5M
Rainbow Brackets2.6M
Converters14
Paste JSON as Code3.1M
Color Picker2.4M
CSV to Table820k
Comment & TODO highlighting15
Comment Anchors321k
Highlight297k
highlight-words187k
Translation10
Google Translate225k
Code Translate218k
translate112k
Workspace & files
6 categoriesNavigation, bookmarks & search14
Search node_modules3.1M
Alternate File193k
Find Related Files122k
Project & workspace managers28
Project Manager for Java47M
Project Manager7.6M
C/C++ Project Generator410k
Terminal tools39
Start git-bash1.1M
Run Terminal Command504k
Shell382k
Keymaps & editor migration132
Vim9.1M
Notepad++ keymap2.7M
IntelliJ IDEA Keybindings2.4M
File management58
Extension Uninstaller3.3M
File Utils1.2M
Move TS - Move TypeScript files and update relative imports1.1M
Open in external app18
Open471k
Relative Path388k
PrintCode375k
Team & workflow
2 categoriesDocs & writing
4 categoriesMarkdown44
Markdown Preview Enhanced10M
Markdown PDF4.2M
Markdown Emoji1.4M
Diagrams29
Markdown Preview Mermaid Support5.3M
Draw.io Integration4.2M
Mermaid1.1M
Writing tools16
LanguageTool for Visual Studio Code339k
Word Count325k
Overleaf Workshop153k
Reference docs lookup19
Dash1.3M
Tailwind Docs736k
node-readme267k
Appearance
4 categoriesColor themes5,607
C/C++ Themes60M
GitHub Theme20M
One Dark Pro13M
Icon themes164
Material Icon Theme36M
vscode-icons25M
Material Theme Icons — Deprecated5.9M
UI customization43
Peacock4.5M
Markdown Preview Github Styling2.9M
vscode-pets2.7M
Visual aids23
indent-rainbow13M
Color Highlight9.7M
[Deprecated] Bracket Pair Colorizer 26.8M
Platform development
4 categoriesEmbedded & IoT30
RTOS Views1.5M
Wokwi Simulator333k
ev3dev-browser296k
Mobile30
Flutter Tree630k
Ionic603k
Flutter Color568k
Game dev14
Rojo - Roblox Studio Sync261k
HOI4 Mod Utilities75k
Bitburner VSCode Integration23k
Enterprise platforms45
Azure Functions6.3M
SQL Bindings5.4M
Spring Boot Dashboard5.3M
Media & assets
3 categories30 more categories are still filling in — each opens once we have classified enough listings to make its ranking worth reading.