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Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files installs statistics

By Microsoft (224 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Edit SSH configuration files

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files has 35,914,590 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #38 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.2 out of 5 from 21 ratings.

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

Installs
35,914,590
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
#38
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.19 / 5 from 21 ratings

About Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files

Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files

The Remote - SSH extension lets you use any remote machine with a SSH server as your development environment.

This extension complements the Remote - SSH extension with syntax colorization, keyword intellisense, and simple snippets when editing SSH configuration files.

If you already have an extension that provides this functionality, you can disable this extension.

Questions, Feedback, Contributing

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• See the documentation or the troubleshooting guide. • Up-vote a feature or request a new one, search existing issues, or report a problem. • Contribute to our documentation • ...and more. See our CONTRIBUTING guide for details.

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Telemetry

Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files and related extensions collect telemetry data to help us build a better experience working remotely from VS Code. We only collect data on which commands are executed. We do not collect any information about image names, paths, etc. The extension respects the telemetry.enableTelemetry setting which you can learn more about in the Visual Studio Code FAQ.

License

By downloading and using the Visual Studio Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files extension and its related components, you agree to the product license terms and privacy statement.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • remote
  • remote development
  • ssh
  • SSH Config
  • ssh_config

Where Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files sits in the listing

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.

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · page 2, #18 (overall #38)
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Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 1, #16 (overall #16)
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Snippets489 listings · 25 pages · page 1, #6 (overall #6)
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Charts

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Adoption over time

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 35,914,590 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Fi…Installs on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days35,914,590installs35.9M35.9M35.9M35.9M35.9M35.9M35.9M35.9M35.9MJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 35,914,590 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Fi…Installs growth on VS Code Marketplace35,914,590installs 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
Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #38 (by installs).Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Fi…VS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#38current rank#36#37#38#39#40Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #38 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 21 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Fi…Ratings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days21ratings18192021222324Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 21 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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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.

Recent observations

Full history (4)
Recent installs observations for Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
35,914,590+12.3K
35,902,276+8.3K
35,893,956+14.8K
35,879,130—

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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=ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-edit. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.