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Black Box installs statistics

By Nikhil M Jeby · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Real-time development logger and problem solver

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 21, 2026

Black Box has 357,887 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1036 of 2,502 tracked listings.

Installs
357,887
Official API · Oct 21, 2026
7-day growth
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Insufficient history
30-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#1036
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 1 ratings

About Black Box

Black Box

Black Box is Real-time development logger and problem solver

  • Slack integration [ add your slack workspace token in settings]
    • Default is a community workspace, you can add your own workspace
  • Each git-repo is a channel [Auto-created]
  • Each file is a thread [Auto-created]
  • Tagging
    • #best => best practices
    • #doc => documentation specific to a file
    • #globalDoc => general/global documentation
    • #help => appears in help section until marked as solved

  • Default slack workspace

Click here to join

  • Begin Black Box

CTRL + m or click the icon in the status bar

  • OpenAI codex - code description

Select code snippet + ALT + m

  • Stackoverflow - text fuzzy search

Select text + ALT + p

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • keybindings

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Charts

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Adoption over time

Black Box installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 357,887 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.Black BoxInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days357,887installs357.5K357.6K357.6K357.7K357.7K357.8K357.8K357.9K357.9KJul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Black Box installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 357,887 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Black Box installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Black BoxInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace357,887installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Black Box installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Black Box VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1036 (by installs).Black BoxVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1036current rank#1034#1035#1036#1037#1038Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Black Box VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1036 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Black Box ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.Black BoxRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days1ratings0.9111.11.1Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Black Box ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,502 listings · 126 pages · 1,253 shown · page 52, #16 (overall #1,036)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other762 listings · 39 pages · page 15, #9 (overall #289)
Other: 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 (6)
Recent installs observations for Black Box
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
357,887+87
357,800+94
357,706+59
357,647+41
357,606+77
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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=nikhilmjeby.black-box. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 21, 2026. See the methodology.