PluginStatsView Node Package installs statistics
By Dominik Kundel (2 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Open a Node package repository/documentation straight from Code.
View Node Package has 116,016 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #2174 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 3.40 / 5 from 5 ratings
About View Node Package
View Node Package - Visual Studio Code Extension
How often were you in the position that you are writing some Node.JS code and you can't remember something about a package that you are using. You end up switching to your browser, look up the the NPM package and then navigate to the repository.
**This extension allows you to instantly switch from VS Code to the repository or documentation of the respective package. **
How to use
1. Navigate to the line where you require(...) the package.
2. Run the View Node Package Source command.
3. If you selected multiple require statements or a line without one, the extension will scan the document and offer you options.
4. Enjoy browsing the Node.JS documentation, for native packages, or the repository, for NPM packages.
How to contribute
1. Download source code and install dependencies
2. Make the respective code changes. 3. Go to the debugger in VS Code, choose Launch Extension and click run. You can test your changes. 4. Choose Launch Tests to run the tests. 5. Submit a PR.
Backlog
• Add UTs
Contributors
Dominik Kundel Orry Baram Justin Roettger daskruegge
License
MIT
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- javascript
- node
Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
Ratings over time
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Recent observations
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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=dkundel.vscode-npm-source. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.