DeepSeek R1 installs statistics
By colourafredi · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Write, review, explain, refactor, and test code. Supports multiple languages and provides customizable prompts for efficient coding assistance.
DeepSeek R1 has 264,749 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1256 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 4.18 / 5 from 11 ratings
About DeepSeek R1
- 💻 Code Operations: One-click copy, insert code into current file or new file
- 🔍 Intelligent Analysis: Code explanation, error detection, refactoring suggestions, test generation
- ✨ Code Completion: AI-powered code suggestions as you type
- 📝 Custom Prompts: Support adding and managing predefined prompts to improve questioning efficiency
- 💾 Local Storage: Chat history saved locally for replay, continuation and management
- 🌐 Custom baseUrl Support: Configure your own baseUrl server for flexible API access
- 🔒 Privacy Protection: All information stored locally, no data uploaded
- 🌍 Multi-language: Support Chinese, English and other language interfaces
- 🎯 Model Selection: Support multiple DeepSeek models for different needs
- 🖥️ Local Deployment: Support deploying DeepSeek R1 locally via Ollama with knowledge base, usable without internet
📦 Installation
- Open VS Code
- Press shortcut:
- Windows/Linux:
Ctrl + Shift + P - Mac:
Command + Shift + P
- Windows/Linux:
- Press
Ctrl+Shift+Pto open command palette - Delete
>and enterext install colourafredi.vscode-deepseek - Press Enter to install
Or directly visit VS Code Marketplace to install
🛠️ Main Features
1. Code Analysis and Optimization
- Code Explanation: Detailed explanation of code logic and implementation
- Error Detection: Find and fix bugs in code
- Code Refactoring: Optimize code structure, improve code quality
- Test Generation: Automatically generate unit test code
- Code Completion: Get intelligent code suggestions while typing
2. Intelligent Dialogue
- Context Dialogue: Support multi-turn conversations, understand context
- Streaming Response: Real-time display of AI answers
- Session Management: Save, export, clean chat history
- Custom Prompts: Support preset common prompts
3. Personalization Settings
- Server Settings: Configurable server
- Model Selection: Support multiple DeepSeek models
- API Key Management: Support binding your own API Key
- Model Temperature: Set model temperature (0-2)
- token: Set maximum token count
- top_p: Set top_p value
- top_k: Set top_k value
- frequency_penalty: Set frequency_penalty value
- Interface Language: Switch between Chinese, English and other interface languages
💡 Usage Guide
Quick Start
- After installing the plugin, click the
DeepSeekicon on the left side ofVS Code - Enter your question in the input box and press Enter to send
- Wait for AI response, you can:
- Copy the answer content
- Insert into current file
- Create new file to save
Code Related Features
- Select code snippet
- Right click to select DeepSeek related commands:
- Explain code
- Check for errors
- Refactor and optimize
- Generate tests
Code Completion
The DeepSeek extension provides powerful code completion features to help you write code more efficiently.
Enable/Disable Code Completion
You can enable or disable the code completion feature in the following ways:
-
Via the Command Palette:
- Press
Ctrl+Shift+P(Windows/Linux) orCmd+Shift+P(Mac) to open the command palette - Type "DeepSeek: Enable Completion" or "DeepSeek: Disable Completion" and select the desired command
- Press
-
Via Settings:
- Open VS Code settings (
Ctrl+,orCmd+,) - Search for "DeepSeek"
- Find the "Enable Completion" option and check or uncheck it as needed
- Open VS Code settings (
Using Code Completion
When the code completion function is enabled, it will automatically provide suggestions as you write code:
- Start typing your code, and after a short pause, completion suggestions will appear automatically
- If you see a gray loading indicator, the suggestions are being generated
- The completion content is shown as gray text at your cursor position
- Press
Tabto accept the suggestion, or continue typing to ignore it
Configuring Code Completion
To use code completion, you need to configure the following parameters:
-
API Key:
- Search for "DeepSeek: API Key" in the settings
- Enter your DeepSeek API key
-
Base URL:
- By default, this is the official DeepSeek API address
- If you use a local deployment or another compatible service, you can modify this setting
-
Model:
- Select the model used for code completion
- It is recommended to use "deepseek-coder" or other code-optimized models…
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- ai
- assistant
- chat
- code
- code-completion
- code-explanation
- code-refactoring
- code-review
- copilot
- deepseek
- documentation
- gpt
- testing
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Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=colourafredi.vscode-deepseek. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.