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CloudFormation Linter installs statistics

By kddejong · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

AWS CloudFormation template Linter

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

CloudFormation Linter has 314,963 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1113 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
314,963
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
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Rank
#1113
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.40 / 5 from 15 ratings

About CloudFormation Linter

vscode-cfn-lint

VS Code CloudFormation Linter uses cfn-lint to lint your CloudFormation templates.

Features

• Uses cfn-lint to parse the template and show problems with it. • Uses pydot to preview the template as a graph of resources.

Requirements

Requires cfn-lint to be installed: pip install cfn-lint.

If you want to be able to preview templates as graphs, you also need to install pydot: pip install pydot.

Extension Settings

• cfnLint.path: path to the cfn-lint command, optionally including parameters as well:

Community

Join us on Discord! Connect & interact with CloudFormation developers & experts, find channels to discuss and get help for cfn-lint, CloudFormation registry, StackSets, Guard and more:

Contribute

The code for this plugin can be found on GitHub at awslabs/aws-cfn-lint-visual-studio-code

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • amazon
  • autocompletion
  • aws
  • cfn
  • cfn-lint
  • cfn-python-lint
  • cloud
  • cloudformation
  • documentation
  • extension
  • infrastructure
  • json
  • lint
  • linter
  • plugin
  • property
  • resource
  • specification
  • stack
  • template

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Adoption over time

CloudFormation Linter installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 314,963 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.CloudFormation LinterInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days314,963installs314.9K314.9K314.9K314.9K314.9K315K315K315KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
CloudFormation Linter installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 314,963 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

CloudFormation Linter installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.CloudFormation LinterInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace314,963installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
CloudFormation Linter installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

CloudFormation Linter VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1113 (by installs).CloudFormation LinterVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1113current rank#1111#1112#1113#1114#1115Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
CloudFormation Linter VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1113 (by installs).

Ratings over time

CloudFormation Linter ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 15 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.CloudFormation LinterRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days15ratings13.51414.51515.51616.5Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
CloudFormation Linter ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 15 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 56, #13 (overall #1,113)
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Listing placement

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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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Recent installs observations for CloudFormation Linter
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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=kddejong.vscode-cfn-lint. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.