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By Miguel Solorio (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

A simple file icon theme for VS Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Symbols has 937,127 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #560 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
937,127
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#560
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.91 / 5 from 43 ratings

About Symbols

<div align="center"> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/misolori/vscode-symbols/main/symbols.png" width="140" />

Symbols

A file icon for VS Code

Preview of extension

</div>

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this extension, please take a look at the issues or create a new one. If you'd like to create a new icon, please reference the Symbols - File Icon Figma file, you can make a copy or reference the styles used (tailwind). Please try to limit your colors to the ones used in existing icons before choosing a different color style.

When submitting a PR, please ensure you've tested the extension locally and ensure that your new icons appear correctly in the file tree view with your new file extension. Include a screenshot of your proposed icon in your PR.

Generating Icon Previews

Before submitting a PR, please run the preview generation script to update the icon previews:

npm run generate-previews

This script will update the preview markdown files with your new icons. Make sure to commit these changes along with your PR.

Configuration

You can configure which folders and files icons are displayed by using the following settings:

Folders
"symbols.folders.associations": {
    "{folder name}": "{icon name}"
}

Example:

"symbols.folders.associations": {
    "entities": "folder-assets",
    "infra": "folder-app",
    "schemas": "folder-purple"
}
Files
"symbols.files.associations": {
    "{file name}": "{icon name}"
}

Example:

"symbols.files.associations": {
    "app.module.ts": "nest",
    "*.service.ts": "nest"
}

Note: For file names, you can use * to match all files with a specific file extension.

Subfolder Files
"symbols.subfolder.file.associations": {
    "{subfolder}": {
        "{filename}": "{icon name}"
    }
}

Example:

"symbols.subfolder.file.associations": {
    "annotation": {
        "*.java": "at",
        "LogAPICall.java": "at-blue"
    }
}

Note: For file names, you can use * to match all files with a specific file extension.

Icon Preview

You can preview the icons by reading the the preview.md file.

React Symbols

Pablo Hdez has graciously created React-Symbols (pheralb/react-symbols) to allow you to embed Symbol icons for your React projects.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pheralb/react-symbols/main/website/public/images/og.png">

Open VSX

If you're using editors like Cursor, Antigravity, or VSCodium, you can find the extension on Open VSX.

Zed Editor

If you're using the Zed editor, you can find its maintained version here: Symbols for Zed.

JetBrains IDEs

If you're using a JetBrains IDE (including Android Studio), you can find its maintained version here: Symbols for JetBrains.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • file icons
  • file-icon-theme
  • icons
  • icon-theme
  • theme

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Charts

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

Adoption over time

Symbols installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 937,127 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.SymbolsInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days937,127installs935.6K935.8K936K936.2K936.4K936.6K936.8K937K937.2KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Symbols installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 937,127 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Symbols installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.SymbolsInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace937,127installs 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
Symbols installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Symbols VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #560 (by installs).SymbolsVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#560current rank#558#559#560#561#562Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Symbols VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #560 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Symbols ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 43 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.SymbolsRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days43ratings384042444648Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Symbols ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 43 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 28, #20 (overall #560)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Themes266 listings · 14 pages · page 2, #20 (overall #40)
Themes: 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 Symbols
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
937,127+575
936,552+302
936,250+276
935,974+343
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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=miguelsolorio.symbols. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.