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By gccfeli · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Lua language support for VS Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Lua has 136,793 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1960 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
136,793
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#1960
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 3.40 / 5 from 5 ratings

About Lua

Lua for Visual Studio Code

Lua language support in Visual Studio Code. For now, only code formatting is supported.

If you run into any issues, please file a bug on GitHub. Only Windows is supported now. Linux/OSX support is coming soon.

#Requirements .Net Framework 4.5 or higher version

#Features

  • Code formatting

#Planned Features

  • Auto-completion for functions, keywords, and custom APIs
  • Debug

#Platform Support

  • Windows
  • Linux (coming soon)
  • OS X (coming soon)

Change Log

Version 0.1.0

  • Switch to a better code formatting engine LuaFormat (by GCCFeli).
  • Now space adjusting is supported by the new code formatting engine.

Version 0.0.4

  • Bug fix: default auto complete is missing.

Version 0.0.1

  • Experiment support for Lua code formatting, only indention is supported.

Source

You can find the source on Github.

License

MIT

Contact Author

Please mail to feli#gccfeli.cn

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • lua

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Adoption over time

Lua installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 136,793 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.LuaInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days136,793installs136.7K136.8K136.8K136.8K136.8K136.8K136.8KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Lua installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 136,793 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Lua installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.LuaInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace136,793installs 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
Lua installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Lua VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1960 (by installs).LuaVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1960current rank#1957#1958#1959#1960#1961#1962Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Lua VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1960 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Lua ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 5 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.LuaRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days5ratings4.44.64.855.25.45.6Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Lua ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 5 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 98, #20 (overall #1,960)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 33, #1 (overall #641)
Programming Languages: 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.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

Full history (5)
Recent installs observations for Lua
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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=gccfeli.vscode-lua. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.