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Dotnet Core Essentials installs statistics

By Kishore Ithadi · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Create, debug, run and publish .Net core/standard applications

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Dotnet Core Essentials has 171,951 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #1694 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings.

PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.

Installs
171,951
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#1694
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.50 / 5 from 8 ratings

About Dotnet Core Essentials

DotNet Core Essentials

Table of Contents

• What is DCE? • Features • Prerequisite • Installing the extension • Visual studio code marketplace • How to Use DCE? • Create/Debug/Run Projects • Add/Remove Project Reference • Add/Remove DLL Reference • Add/Remove Nuget packages • Publish Project • License

What is DCE?

Using this visual studio code extension you can create, debug, run and publish DotNet core/standard applications in C#, VB & F# languages

Features

• Project Templates - Ctrl+Alt+N • Console application • Class library • ASP.NET Core empty Web App • ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller) • ASP.NET Core Web App (razor) • ASP.NET Core with Angular • ASP.NET Core with React.js • ASP.NET Core with React.js and Redux • ASP.NET Core Web API • Add Project/dll Reference • Remove Project/dll Reference • Publish Project - Ctrl+Alt+P • Set Startup Project - Ctrl+Alt+S • Clean Project/Solution • Build Project/Solution • Add/Remove Nuget Packages

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio code 1.18 or higher • .Net core SDK 2.0.3 or higher

Install the extension

You can install the DotNet Core Essentials from visual studio code Market Place.

Visual Studio Code MarketPlace

Note: For debugging and running the dotnet projects install the C# extension

How To Use DCE

• #### Create/Debug/Run Projects • #### Add/Remove Project Reference • #### Add/Remove DLL Reference • #### Add/Remove Nuget packages • #### Publish Project

License

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • .net
  • DCE
  • dotnet
  • dotnet core
  • keybindings
  • Microsoft

Charts

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

Adoption over time

Dotnet Core Essentials installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 171,951 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Dotnet Core EssentialsInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days171,951installs171.9K171.9K171.9K171.9K171.9K172K172KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Dotnet Core Essentials installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 171,951 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Dotnet Core Essentials installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Dotnet Core EssentialsInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace171,951installs 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
Dotnet Core Essentials installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Dotnet Core Essentials VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1694 (by installs).Dotnet Core EssentialsVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1694current rank#1691#1692#1693#1694#1695#1696Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Dotnet Core Essentials VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1694 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Dotnet Core Essentials ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 8 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Dotnet Core EssentialsRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days8ratings7.27.47.67.888.28.48.68.8Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Dotnet Core Essentials ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 8 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 85, #14 (overall #1,694)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order
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Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 26, #12 (overall #512)
Other: every listing in installs order
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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

Full history (4)
Recent installs observations for Dotnet Core Essentials
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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171,937+1
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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=kishoreithadi.dotnet-core-essentials. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.