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By Quarto · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Extension for the Quarto scientific and technical publishing system.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Quarto has 512,742 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #834 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings.

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

Installs
512,742
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#834
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.90 / 5 from 20 ratings

About Quarto

quarto-vscode

A Visual Studio Code extension for the Quarto scientific and technical publishing system.

This extension provides language support for Quarto .qmd files for both VS Code and Positron.

Use the functionality provided in this extension to:

• Author Quarto documents with enhanced editing features such as syntax highlighting, code completion, diagnostics, specialized code snippets, and document navigation • Use the Visual Editor for WYSIWYM editing of Quarto documents • Execute code cells interactively • Render and preview Quarto documents to multiple formats

Positron

Positron comes ready to work with Quarto out-of-the-box; it includes both the Quarto command line interface, this extension, and support for enhanced features for Python and R as embedded languages.

Read more about using Quarto with Positron, including how to author .ipynb notebooks.

VS Code

To use Quarto in VS Code, install both this extension and the Quarto command line interface. To use enhanced features for embedded languages such as completion and code execution, additionally install the VS Code extension for your language(s) of choice:

• Python and Jupyter (for code execution) • R • Julia

Read more about using Quarto with VS Code, including how to author .ipynb notebooks.

Getting Help

If you have questions or need help with Quarto, you can check out the Quarto discussion forum. If you have a bug report or feature request for this extension, you can use its GitHub repository.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • dot
  • Graphviz (DOT)
  • keybindings
  • markdown
  • mermaid
  • pandoc
  • quarto
  • r
  • snippet
  • typst

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Adoption over time

Quarto installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 512,742 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.QuartoInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days512,742installs511.4K511.6K511.8K512K512.2K512.4K512.6K512.8KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Quarto installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 512,742 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Quarto installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.QuartoInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace512,742installs 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
Quarto installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Quarto VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #834 (by installs).QuartoVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#834current rank#832#833#834#835#836#837Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Quarto VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #834 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Quarto ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 20 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.QuartoRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days20ratings1819202122Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Quarto ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 20 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 42, #14 (overall #834)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order
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Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 16, #8 (overall #308)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order
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Listing placement

Data Science56 listings · 3 pages · page 2, #7 (overall #27)
Data Science: every listing in installs order
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Listing placement

Machine Learning70 listings · 4 pages · page 2, #16 (overall #36)
Machine Learning: every listing in installs order
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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.

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.

Recent observations

Full history (4)
Recent installs observations for Quarto
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
512,742+455
512,287+49
512,238+659
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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=quarto.quarto. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.