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By Aswin Kumar · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Smarty template support with formatting, folding, snippets, syntax highlighting and more

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Smarty Template Support has 249,416 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1309 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
249,416
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#1309
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.69 / 5 from 13 ratings

About Smarty Template Support

Smarty Template for Visual Studio Code

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This extension provides Smarty Template support for Visual Studio Code. Supports {...} and {{...}} delimiters. Available for both VSCode desktop and web.

Features

  • Syntax highlighting
  • Snippet completion
  • Code formatting
  • Code folding
  • Code navigation
  • Comment toggling
  • Bracket autoclosing
  • Bracket autosurrounding
  • Hover documentation
  • Auto Indentation

What it looks like

Settings

Requirements

  • VS Code 1.43.0 or higher

Extension Settings

Settings

  • smarty.highlight: Enable/disable highlight decoration of smarty tags documents.
  • smarty.highlightColor: Highlight decoration color based on dark/light theme kind.

For example:

"smarty.highhlight": true,
"smarty.highlightColor": {
  "dark": "#FFFFFF25",
  "light": "#FFFA0040"
}

Formatting Settings

Here is the list of native vscode settings used in smarty document formatting.

{
  // The number of spaces a tab is equal to.
  "editor.tabSize": 4,

  // Indent using spaces.
  "editor.insertSpaces": true,

  // End with a newline.
  "html.format.endWithNewline": false,

  // Indent `<head>` and `<body>` sections.
  "html.format.indentInnerHtml": false,

  // Maximum number of line breaks to be preserved in one chunk. Use `null` for unlimited.
  "html.format.maxPreserveNewLines": null,

  // Controls whether existing line breaks before elements should be preserved.
  "html.format.preserveNewLines": true,

  // Wrap attributes.
  //  - auto: Wrap attributes only when line length is exceeded.
  //  - force: Wrap each attribute except first.
  //  - force-aligned: Wrap each attribute except first and keep aligned.
  //  - force-expand-multiline: Wrap each attribute.
  //  - aligned-multiple: Wrap when line length is exceeded, align attributes vertically.
  //  - preserve: Preserve wrapping of attributes.
  //  - preserve-aligned: Preserve wrapping of attributes but align.
  "html.format.wrapAttributes": "auto",

  // Maximum amount of characters per line (0 = disable).
  "html.format.wrapLineLength": 120
}

User Settings

For Emmet Abbreviations:

Paste the following into your settings.json

"emmet.includeLanguages": {
  "smarty": "html"
}

For Netbeans Style Theme:

Netbeans Theme

Paste the following into your settings.json

<details> <summary>Click to expand settings!</summary>
"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
  "textMateRules": [
    {
      "scope": [
        "punctuation.section.embedded.begin.smarty",
        "punctuation.section.embedded.end.smarty"
      ],
      "settings": {
        "foreground": "#FFA500",
        "fontStyle": "bold"
      }
    },
    {
      "scope": [
        "keyword.control.smarty",
        "support.function.built-in.smarty"
      ],
      "settings": {
        "foreground": "#16A016",
        "fontStyle": "bold"
      }
    },
    {
      "scope": ["variable.parameter.smarty"],
      "settings": {
        "foreground": "#AE23A3",
        "fontStyle": "bold"
      }
    },
    {
      "scope": ["source.smarty"],
      "settings": {
        "foreground": "#D17C32"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</details>

Issues

Submit the issues if you find any bug or have any suggestion.

Release Notes

Detailed release notes are available here.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • php
  • smarty
  • smarty 3
  • smarty template formatting
  • snippet
  • tpl

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Adoption over time

Smarty Template Support installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 249,416 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Smarty Template SupportInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days249,416installs249.3K249.3K249.3K249.3K249.3K249.4K249.4K249.4K249.4KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Smarty Template Support installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 249,416 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Smarty Template Support installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Smarty Template SupportInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace249,416installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Smarty Template Support installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Smarty Template Support VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1309 (by installs).Smarty Template SupportVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1309current rank#1306#1307#1308#1309#1310#1311Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Smarty Template Support VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1309 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Smarty Template Support ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 13 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Smarty Template SupportRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days13ratings11.51212.51313.51414.5Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Smarty Template Support ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 13 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 66, #9 (overall #1,309)
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Listing placement

Snippets489 listings · 25 pages · page 13, #5 (overall #245)
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Listing placement

Formatters286 listings · 15 pages · page 8, #11 (overall #151)
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Recent observations

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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=aswinkumar863.smarty-template-support. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.