Proto Lint installs statistics
By Plex Systems · VS Code Marketplace · Linters
Lint your protobufs using protolint
Proto Lint has 240,113 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1334 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 4.00 / 5 from 4 ratings
About Proto Lint
vscode-protolint

vscode-protolint is a protocol buffer linter for Visual Studio Code that uses protolint to validate linting rules.
Example
Using the following .protolint.yaml configuration file
lint:
rules:
no_default: true
add:
- MESSAGE_NAMES_UPPER_CAMEL_CASE
- SERVICE_NAMES_UPPER_CAMEL_CASE

Installation
This extension can be installed through the Visual Studio marketplace. Alternatively, a VSIX installer is available on the releases page.
Also ensure that:
-
protolint is installed.
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Protobuf support is added to your Visual Studio Code. vscode-proto3 works well.
Configuration
protolint.path: The location of theprotolintbinary. Default:System PATH.
Local Development
Before running any of the below commands, make sure you have installed the required dependencies with npm install
-
To compile the solution locally run
npm run compile -
To run the unit tests run
npm run test -
To run the extension in a Visual Studio Code development environment press
F5in Visual Studio Code
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- lint
- linters
- proto
- proto3
- protobuf
- protocol buffer
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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=Plex.vscode-protolint. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.