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By colourafredi · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Write, review, explain, refactor, and test code. Supports multiple languages and provides customizable prompts for efficient coding assistance.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

DeepSeek R1 has 264,749 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1256 of 2,501 tracked listings.

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264,749
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#1256
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.18 / 5 from 11 ratings

About DeepSeek R1

<div> <p align="center"> <img src="https://static.docs-hub.com/deepseek.png" height="64"> </p> <div align="center">

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<p align="center">Free | No Login Required | Multi-language</p> <p align="center">免费 | 免登录 | 多语言</p> </div> ## 🚀 Key Features
  • 💻 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

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Press shortcut:
    • Windows/Linux: Ctrl + Shift + P
    • Mac: Command + Shift + P
  3. Press Ctrl+Shift+P to open command palette
  4. Delete > and enter ext install colourafredi.vscode-deepseek
  5. Press Enter to install
<p align="left"> <img src="https://static.docs-hub.com/install_1739321125692.png" width="300"> </p>

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
  1. After installing the plugin, click the DeepSeek icon on the left side of VS Code
  2. Enter your question in the input box and press Enter to send
  3. Wait for AI response, you can:
    • Copy the answer content
    • Insert into current file
    • Create new file to save
<p align="left"> <img src="https://static.docs-hub.com/icon_1739321180871.png" width="300"> </p> <p align="left"> <img src="https://static.docs-hub.com/bubble_1739333401974.png" width="300"> </p>
Code Related Features
  1. Select code snippet
  2. Right click to select DeepSeek related commands:
    • Explain code
    • Check for errors
    • Refactor and optimize
    • Generate tests
<p align="left"> <img src="https://static.docs-hub.com/right_1739321297150.png" width="300"> </p>
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:

  1. Via the Command Palette:

    • Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac) to open the command palette
    • Type "DeepSeek: Enable Completion" or "DeepSeek: Disable Completion" and select the desired command
  2. Via Settings:

    • Open VS Code settings (Ctrl+, or Cmd+,)
    • Search for "DeepSeek"
    • Find the "Enable Completion" option and check or uncheck it as needed
Using Code Completion

When the code completion function is enabled, it will automatically provide suggestions as you write code:

  1. Start typing your code, and after a short pause, completion suggestions will appear automatically
  2. If you see a gray loading indicator, the suggestions are being generated
  3. The completion content is shown as gray text at your cursor position
  4. Press Tab to accept the suggestion, or continue typing to ignore it
Configuring Code Completion

To use code completion, you need to configure the following parameters:

  1. API Key:

    • Search for "DeepSeek: API Key" in the settings
    • Enter your DeepSeek API key
  2. 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
  3. 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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Adoption over time

DeepSeek R1 installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 264,749 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.DeepSeek R1Installs on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days264,749installs264.4K264.5K264.5K264.6K264.6K264.7K264.7K264.8KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
DeepSeek R1 installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 264,749 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

DeepSeek R1 installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.DeepSeek R1Installs growth on VS Code Marketplace264,749installs 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
DeepSeek R1 installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

DeepSeek R1 VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1256 (by installs).DeepSeek R1VS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1256current rank#1253#1254#1255#1256#1257#1258Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
DeepSeek R1 VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1256 (by installs).

Ratings over time

DeepSeek R1 ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 11 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.DeepSeek R1Ratings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days11ratings9.51010.51111.51212.5Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
DeepSeek R1 ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 11 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 63, #16 (overall #1,256)
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Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 19, #6 (overall #366)
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Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for DeepSeek R1
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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=colourafredi.vscode-deepseek. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.