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By Nextbook · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

File- and folder-specific icons in VSCode for improved visual grepping, based on the `file-icons` extension.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

File & Folder Icons has 328,649 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1088 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
328,649
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
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Rank
#1088
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.20 / 5 from 5 ratings

About File & Folder Icons

File-specific icons in VSCode for improved visual grepping.

• Vast array of icons for most languages and frameworks • Comes in coloured and colourless flavours • Uses same icon set as file-icons for Atom

Installation

ext install file-icons

macOS: Code → Preferences → File Icon Theme → File Icons

Windows: Go to File → Preferences → File Icon Theme → File Icons

Icon Fonts

• File-Icons • FontAwesome • Mfizz • Devicons • Octicons

New Icons

Request or contribute new icons here, file-icons/atom they are then imported into this package.

Updating

• Edit defs/config.cson • Update the version number • Run vsce package from the command line • Upload the newly created .vsix file to the Visual Studio Marketplace

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • icon-theme
  • theme

README badge

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Charts

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

Adoption over time

File & Folder Icons installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 328,649 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.File & Folder IconsInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days328,649installs328.4K328.4K328.5K328.5K328.6K328.6K328.7KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
File & Folder Icons installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 328,649 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

File & Folder Icons installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.File & Folder IconsInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace328,649installs 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
File & Folder Icons installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

File & Folder Icons VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1088 (by installs).File & Folder IconsVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1088current rank#1086#1087#1088#1089#1090Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
File & Folder Icons VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1088 (by installs).

Ratings over time

File & Folder Icons ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 5 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.File & Folder IconsRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days5ratings4.44.64.855.25.45.6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
File & Folder Icons ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 5 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 55, #8 (overall #1,088)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Themes266 listings · 14 pages · page 5, #13 (overall #93)
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 (4)
Recent installs observations for File & Folder Icons
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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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=nextbook.file-and-folder-icons. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.