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Browse Lite installs statistics

By Anthony Fu (9 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Embedded browser in VS Code.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Browse Lite has 910,346 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #571 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
910,346
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#571
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 19 ratings

About Browse Lite

Browse Lite

Embedded browser in VS Code

Forked from Browser Preview by Kenneth Auchenberg

• ⚡️ Faster page refreshing • 🌗 Dark mode aware • 🎨 Theme-aware UI • 🐞 Built-in devtools support • 🔌 Extendable actions • 🖥 Re-open in the system browser • ✅ No Telemetry • 🍃 Much lighter 10.3MB ➡️ 212KB

Run Browse Lite: Open... command to start the browser

This extension was originally built for VS Code for Vite.

Sponsors

This project is part of my Sponsor Program.

License

MIT - Copyright (c) 2019 Kenneth Auchenberg

MIT - Copyright (c) 2021 Anthony Fu

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

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Adoption over time

Browse Lite installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 910,346 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Browse LiteInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days910,346installs910K910.1K910.1K910.2K910.2K910.3K910.3K910.4KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Browse Lite installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 910,346 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Browse Lite installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Browse LiteInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace910,346installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Browse Lite installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Browse Lite VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #571 (by installs).Browse LiteVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#571current rank#569#570#571#572#573Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Browse Lite VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #571 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Browse Lite ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 19 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Browse LiteRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days19ratings1718192021Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Browse Lite ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 19 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 29, #11 (overall #571)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 8, #7 (overall #147)
Other: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

Full history (4)
Recent installs observations for Browse Lite
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
910,346+114
910,232+100
910,132+89
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=antfu.browse-lite. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.