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By Haixin Chen · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

A Markdown, ReStructured Text, HTML, Jade, Pug, Mermaid, Image previewer.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Preview has 788,667 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #624 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 3.2 out of 5 from 40 ratings.

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

Installs
788,667
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
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Insufficient history
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90-day growth
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Rank
#624
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 3.20 / 5 from 40 ratings

About Preview

preview-vscode

A Previewer of Markdown, ReStructured Text, HTML, Jade, Pug, Mermaid files, Image's URI for Visual Studio Code

README

An extension to preview Markdown, ReStructured Text, HTML, Jade, Pug or Mermaid files or Image's URI while editing them in VSCode

The extension can be activated in two ways

• Toggle Preview • Linux & Windows: ctrl+shift+v • MAC:cmd+shift+v or ctrl+shift+v • Open|Close Preview to the Side • Linux & Windows: ctrl+k v • MAC:cmd+k v or ctrl+k v

Just press the same key when you want to go back to the original view.

DETAIL

• If file type is Markdown, ReStructured Text, HTML, Jade, Pug or Mermaid • Just do as the operation as mentioned. • If file type is other • Just click on a • image URI (/http[s]{0,1}:\/\/|file:\/\/|\s[\.]{0,2}\//). • for example: http://, https://, file://, /, ./ • css properities ({}) • for example: {color: blue} • others as Markdown, ReStructured Text, HTML, Jade or Mermaid • Just do as the operation as mentioned and a showQuickPick will pop up to show choices. • With markdown.rst.esbonio.enabled (off by default), reStructuredText files of a Sphinx project (a conf.py in the directory of the file or above, up to the workspace folder) are previewed by Esbonio when it is installed and its language server is running, as it renders with Sphinx. Other files, or without Esbonio, are previewed by this extension. • Scripts in the previewed page, e.g. of an HTML file, only run when the preview security is Disable (Markdown: Change Preview Security Settings), do it only for files you trust. • Fenced code blocks of languages the built-in Markdown grammar doesn't know, e.g. desktop bash npm install npm run watch # or npm run compile once, then press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host npm run lint npm test # npm run test:unit, builds, then compares the samples in test-workspace with test/snapshots UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS=1 npm run test:unit # rewrites the snapshots after an intended change, review them in git diff bash npm run dist # pre-release package, npm run dist:stable for stable npm run vscode:publish # pre-release publish, npm run vscode:publish:stable for stable, login by npx vsce login searKing npm run ovsx:publish # pre-release publish, npm run ovsx:publish:stable for stable, login by npx ovsx login searKing or pass -- -p ```

Thanks to

• html-preview-vscode. • vscode-imagepreview. • vscode-mermaid-preview.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • css
  • html
  • jade
  • keybindings
  • markdown
  • markdown-it
  • mermaid
  • MermaidFlowchart
  • preview
  • pug
  • restructuredtext
  • rst

Where Preview 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.

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · page 32, #4 (overall #624)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order
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Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 12, #15 (overall #235)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order
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Charts

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

Adoption over time

Preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 788,667 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.PreviewInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days788,667installs788.4K788.5K788.5K788.6K788.6K788.7K788.7KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 788,667 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.PreviewInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace788,667installs 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
Preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #624 (by installs).PreviewVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#624current rank#622#623#624#625#626Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #624 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 40 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.PreviewRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days40ratings3638404244Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 40 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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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.

Recent observations

Full history (4)
Recent installs observations for Preview
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
788,667+126
788,5410
788,541+108
788,433—

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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=searKing.preview-vscode. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.