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By Anthony Shaw (2 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Pets for your VS Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

vscode-pets has 2,736,572 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #268 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
2,736,572
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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Rank
#268
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.93 / 5 from 124 ratings

About vscode-pets

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VS Code Pets

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</div> <p align="center"> Puts a small, bored cat, an enthusiastic dog, a feisty snake, a rubber duck, or Clippy 📎 in your code editor to boost productivity. <br> <br> <a href="https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets/issues/new?assignees=&labels=feature&template=bug_report.md&title=">Report a Bug</a> · <a href="https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets/issues/new?assignees=&labels=feature&template=feature_request.md&title=">Request feature</a> </p>

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Table of Contents

Installation

Install this extension from the VS Code marketplace.

OR

With VS Code open, search for vscode-pets in the extension panel (Ctrl+Shift+X on Windows/Linux or Cmd(⌘)+Shift+X on MacOS) and click install.

OR

With VS Code open, launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P on Windows/Linux or Cmd(⌘)+P on MacOS), paste the following command, and press enter.

ext install tonybaloney.vscode-pets

Using VS Code Pets

Congrats on installing joy! Enjoy interacting with these cute pixelated pets. Read below to get a full understanding of this extension. Not convinced? Watch our extension spotlight on Visual Studio Code.

After installing, open the command palette with Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux or Cmd(⌘)+Shift+P on MacOS.

Run the "Start pet coding session" command (vscode-pets.start) to see a cat in VS Code:

Default view

Now checkout the documentation to see what else is possible!

Some important things you can do:

Translation

Visit the Crowdin Project in case you'd like to help with the translations. It will be synced automatically to the repository. You can also request a new language in the Discussions section.

Credits

The cat animations were designed by seethingswarm. The dog media assets for this extension were designed by NVPH Studio.

The winter theme is original artwork by Kiana Mosser created for VS Code Pets.

The forest theme was designed by edermunizz. The castle assets were created using artwork by GuttyKreum.

Marc Duiker created the Clippy, Rocky, Zappy, rubber duck, snake, cockatiel, Ferris the crab, and Mod the dotnet bot media assets.

Elthen created the fox media assets.

Karen Rustad Tölva designed the original concept of Ferris the crab.

Kevin Huang created the Akita inu media assets.

The turtle animations were designed by enkeefe using Pixelart.

The horse animations were adapted by Chris Kent from assets by Onfe.

Kennet Shin created the snail media assets.

The frog animations were created by seethingswarm.

Jessie Ferris created the panda media assets.

Squirrel animations were adapted by Chris Kent from assets by Azdner.

Skeleton animations were adapted by Chris Kent from assets by MonoPixelArt.

Thank you

Thanks to all the contributors to this project.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • cat
  • chicken
  • clippy
  • deno
  • dog
  • horse
  • pet
  • pets
  • rubber duck
  • skeleton
  • squirrel

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Charts

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

Adoption over time

vscode-pets installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 2,736,572 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.vscode-petsInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days2,736,572installs2.7M2.7M2.7M2.7M2.7M2.7M2.7M2.7M2.7MJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
vscode-pets installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 2,736,572 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

vscode-pets installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.vscode-petsInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace2,736,572installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
vscode-pets installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

vscode-pets VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #268 (by installs).vscode-petsVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#268current rank#266#267#268#269#270Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
vscode-pets VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #268 (by installs).

Ratings over time

vscode-pets ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 124 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.vscode-petsRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days124ratings110115120125130135140Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
vscode-pets ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 124 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 14, #8 (overall #268)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 4, #15 (overall #75)
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 (5)
Recent installs observations for vscode-pets
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
2,736,572+1.4K
2,735,219+706
2,734,513+725
2,733,788+760
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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=tonybaloney.vscode-pets. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.