PluginStatsexe Runner installs statistics
By Brandon Fowler · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Run .exe files directly from Visual Studio Code
exe Runner has 532,186 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #817 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 4.33 / 5 from 6 ratings
About exe Runner
exe Runner
Run .exe files in the Visual Studio Code terminal with a single click. Uses a compatibility layer, such as wine, on non-Windows platforms.
Features
• One-click execution - Run the current .exe file by clicking the button right of the tab bar • Context menus - Run any .exe file from their file, editor tab, or editor context menu • Run with arguments - Press [Alt] while selecting a command to run .exe files with arguments • Command Palette - Run the current .exe with the command Run Executable or Run Executable With Arguments • Cross-platform support - On non-Windows platforms, invoke a compatibility layer, such as wine, to run .exe files • Configurable - Options to clear previous output and to change the directory to the .exe file's before running
Example
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- exe
- executable
Where exe Runner sits in the listing
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Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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.
Recent observations
Full history (4)Similar VS Code Marketplace Other plugins
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=brandonfowler.exe-runner. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.