PluginStatsRust Doc Viewer installs statistics
By JScearcy · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
View locally generated rust documentation within VS Code
Rust Doc Viewer has 320,398 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1103 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 2 ratings
About Rust Doc Viewer
rust-doc-viewer
This extension will take your locally generated project docs and display them in a new window for easier reference.
Version 4.0.0 may break any documentation generated using older cargo-doc implementations - tested on 1.72.0 toolchain
Use
• Create the documentation using cargo doc inside of your project folder • Open the folder in VS Code • Open the Command Palette Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P • Search and activate Rust: Doc Viewer
Features
Open your rust docs and view them in another tab in VS Code
Additional configuration
• rustDocViewer.extraEnv • Set additional evironment variables that will be set before invoking cargo commands (used to get project docs location) • Will merge with existing set of environment variables, overwriting overlapping variables • A single object of key value pair(s)
Known Issues
1.) No easy navigation
2.) Requires documentation to be in the standard output from cargo docs
3.) Testing and build automation
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- rust
Where Rust Doc Viewer sits in the listing
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Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
Full history (4)Similar VS Code Marketplace Programming Languages plugins
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=JScearcy.rust-doc-viewer. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.