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By Divyanshu Agrawal · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Makes judging, compiling, and downloading problems for competitve programming easy. Also supports auto-submit for a few sites.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Competitive Programming Helper (cph) has 680,843 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #699 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
680,843
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#699
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.76 / 5 from 71 ratings

About Competitive Programming Helper (cph)

Competitive Programming Helper (cph)

Downloads

Quickly compile, run and judge competitive programming problems in VS Code. Automatically download testcases , or write & test your own problems. Once you are done, easily submit your solutions directly with the click of a button!

Cph supports a large number of popular platforms like Codeforces, Codechef, TopCoder etc. with the help of competitive companion browser extension

Screenshot

Quick start

  1. Install cph in VS Code and open any folder. (Alternatively, the latest .vsix is available for manual installation at the latest-vsix release.)
  2. Install competitive companion in your browser.
  3. Use Companion by pressing the green plus (+) circle from the browser toolbar when visiting any problem page.
  4. The file opens in VS Code with testcases preloaded. Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>B</kbd> to run them.
  • (Optional) Install the cph-submit browser extension to enable submitting directly on CodeForces.
  • (Optional) Install submit client and config file from the Kattis help page after logging in.

You can also use this extension locally, just open any supported file and press 'Run Testcases' (or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>B</kbd>) to manually enter testcases.

See detailed user guide

Features

  • Automatic compilation with display for compilation errors.
  • Intelligent judge with support for signals, timeouts and runtime errors.
  • Works with Competitive Companion.
  • Codeforces auto-submit integration.
  • Kattis auto-submit integration.
  • Custom Checker (Special Judge): Use Python scripts to evaluate problems with multiple valid outputs or specific precision requirements.
  • Works locally for your own problems.
  • Support for several languages.

Supported Languages

  • C++
  • C
  • C#
  • Rust
  • Go
  • Haskell
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • JavaScript (Node.js)
  • Cangjie

Interested in adding support for another language? Check out the developer guide.

Supported Display Languages

  • English
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Korean
  • Japanese

Interested in adding a new translation? See the translation guide.

Contributing

You can contribute to this extension in many ways:

  • File bug reports by creating issues.
  • Develop this extension further - see developer guide.
  • Spreading the word about this extension.

Before creating a Pull Request, please create an issue to discuss the approach. It makes reviewing and accepting the PR much easier.

Telemetry

To show live user count, the extension sends a request to the server every few seconds. No information is sent with the request.

License

Copyright (C) 2019 - Present Divyanshu Agrawal

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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Adoption over time

Competitive Programming Helper (cph) installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 680,843 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Competitive Programming Helper (cph)Installs on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days680,843installs679.6K679.8K680K680.2K680.4K680.6K680.8K681KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Competitive Programming Helper (cph) installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 680,843 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Competitive Programming Helper (cph) installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Competitive Programming Helper (cph)Installs growth on VS Code Marketplace680,843installs 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
Competitive Programming Helper (cph) installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Competitive Programming Helper (cph) VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #699 (by installs).Competitive Programming Helper (cph)VS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#699current rank#697#698#699#700#701#702Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Competitive Programming Helper (cph) VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #699 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Competitive Programming Helper (cph) ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 71 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Competitive Programming Helper (cph)Ratings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days71ratings62646668707274767880Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Competitive Programming Helper (cph) ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 71 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 35, #19 (overall #699)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 10, #3 (overall #183)
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.

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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=DivyanshuAgrawal.competitive-programming-helper. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.