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Open in Browser installs statistics

By Igor Dimitrijević · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Opens HTML files in a browser of user's choice.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Open in Browser has 341,852 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1064 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
341,852
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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Insufficient history
30-day growth
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Insufficient history
90-day growth
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Insufficient history
Rank
#1064
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.40 / 5 from 10 ratings

About Open in Browser

Open in Browser

A cross platform Visual Studio Code extension that opens HTML files in a browser of user's choice, which can be any browser installed on your computer.
This is a cross platform version of the extension, developed on Linux and not fully tested on MacOS. If you find any bugs or you have any questions, please report/ask them before leaving a bad review.

Thank you. 🙏

Usage

  • open a file,
  • open the command palette and choose "Open in Browser...",
  • or
  • simply press CTRL + SHIFT + F9,
  • choose a browser.

How to run locally

  • npm install
  • npm run compile to start the compiler in watch mode
  • open this folder in Visual Studio Code and press F5

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • browser
  • code
  • html
  • keybindings
  • preview
  • tool

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Charts

Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark

Adoption over time

Open in Browser installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 341,852 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Open in BrowserInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days341,852installs341.7K341.7K341.8K341.8K341.9K341.9KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Open in Browser installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 341,852 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Open in Browser installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Open in BrowserInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace341,852installs 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
Open in Browser installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Open in Browser VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1064 (by installs).Open in BrowserVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1064current rank#1062#1063#1064#1065#1066Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Open in Browser VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1064 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Open in Browser ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 10 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Open in BrowserRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days10ratings99.51010.511Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Open in Browser ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 10 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 54, #4 (overall #1,064)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 16, #5 (overall #305)
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.

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 Open in Browser
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
341,852+88
341,764+36
341,728+14
341,714+38
341,676—

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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=igordvlpr.open-in-browser. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.