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GitHub Actions installs statistics

By Mathieu Dutour · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

YAML schema validation and auto-completion for GitHub Actions.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

GitHub Actions has 219,312 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #1422 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings.

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

Installs
219,312
Official API · Oct 19, 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
#1422
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 3 ratings

About GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions YAML Extension

Provides Github Actions YAML support via yaml-language-server.

Features

1. YAML validation

• Apply schema validation to GitHub Actions • Detects errors such as: • Invalid property value type • Out of enum scope • Required property is missing • Unexpected property

2. Auto completion

• Generate input template for whole GitHub Action • Generate input template for an object (_if provided by schema_)

Including required properties and optional properties with default value

• Support properties intellisense (_if provided by schema_) • Enumerated property value recommendation (_if provided by schema_)

Intellisense is automatically triggered by what you have typed, but you can also hit _Ctrl + Space_ to get what you can type.

3. Hover support

• Hovering over a property shows description (_if provided by schema_)

Developer support

1. Install prerequisites: • latest Visual Studio Code • Node.js v6.0.0 or higher 2. Fork this repository. 3. Build this project.

4. Make changes as necessary and the run the code using F5. Refer to VS Code documentation on how to run and debug the extension. 5. Create a pull-request to this repository and we will review, merge it and publish new version extension regularly.

License

MIT

All contributions are welcome!

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • actions
  • github
  • workflow
  • yaml

Charts

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Adoption over time

GitHub Actions installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 219,312 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.GitHub ActionsInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days219,312installs219.2K219.2K219.3K219.3K219.3K219.3KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
GitHub Actions installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 219,312 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

GitHub Actions installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.GitHub ActionsInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace219,312installs 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
GitHub Actions installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

GitHub Actions VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1422 (by installs).GitHub ActionsVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1422current rank#1420#1421#1422#1423#1424#1425Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
GitHub Actions VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1422 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

GitHub Actions ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 3 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.GitHub ActionsRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days3ratings2.72.82.933.13.23.3Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
GitHub Actions ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 3 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 72, #2 (overall #1,422)
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Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 25, #12 (overall #492)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order
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Listing placement

Snippets489 listings · 25 pages · page 14, #13 (overall #273)
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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.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a log 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 (4)
Recent installs observations for GitHub Actions
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
219,312+19
219,293+30
219,263+36
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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=me-dutour-mathieu.vscode-github-actions. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.