PluginStatsBeyond Compare installs statistics
By Scooter Software · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Launch Beyond Compare with comparisons of files, folders, clipboards, and git repositories
Beyond Compare has 114,300 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #2189 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 4.20 / 5 from 10 ratings
About Beyond Compare
Open files in Beyond Compare directly from VSCode
This extension allows you to open Beyond Compare directly from VSCode in several useful ways.
Requirements
• Beyond Compare must be installed. • macOS: bcomp command line tool must be installed. Within Beyond Compare use the Beyond Compare > Install Command Line Tools... menu command to install it. • Compatible with Visual Studio Code for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Commands
• Compare two open files • Compare highlighted text • Compare folders • Compare files to non-open files • Compare parent to folder • Compare to saved version • Compare to git repository • Compare selected • Compare to clipboard • Open Beyond Compare from Diff Editor
Compare two open files
Use this option to select a file for comparison.
And then pick another file to compare it to.
You can also right-click on files in the File Explorer.
Compare highlighted text
Use this option to select the highlighted text for comparison, and then another selection of text to begin the comparison.
Text can also be compared to files by selecting a file for comparison first.
Compare folders
Use this option to select a folder for comparison, and then another folder to begin the comparison.
Compare files to non-open files
Use this option to compare a file you pick with an open dialog.
A similar option exists for folders in the File Explorer.
Compare parent to folder
Use this option to choose a file and compare the folder it's in to another folder with an open dialog.
Compare to saved version
Use this option to compare the version of a file you have open in the editor to the version stored on disk.
Compare to git repository
Use this option to compare staged or unstaged changes to the last commit in the current branch or compare staged changes to unstaged changes.
Compare Selected
Use this option to compare 2 selected files or folders from the File Explorer.
Compare to Clipboard
Use this option to compare the text on your clipboard to an open file.
Or to a highlighted selection of text.
Open Beyond Compare from Diff Editor
Use this button when you have a comparison open in VSCode to open it in Beyond Compare.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- clipboard
- compare
- diff
- git
- keybindings
Where Beyond Compare 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.
Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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)Similar VS Code Marketplace Other plugins
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=ScooterSoftware.bcompare-vscode. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.