PluginStatsDeepSeek for GitHub Copilot installs statistics
By Wassim Chegham · VS Code Marketplace · AI
Run DeepSeek models in your GitHub Copilot Chat
DeepSeek for GitHub Copilot has 90,942 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #2500 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings.
PluginStats has 1 daily observations since Oct 19, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 4.50 / 5 from 2 ratings
About DeepSeek for GitHub Copilot
DeepSeek Agent for Github Copilot
This extension allows you to interact with the DeepSeek models for Github Copilot Chat, fully locally and offline. It uses Ollama under the hood to provide a seamless experience.
How to use
1. Install the extension from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace 2. Open Github Copilot Chat panel 3. In the chat, type @deepseek followed by your prompt
[!NOTE] During the first run, the extension will download the model. This may take a few minutes.
Build from source
1. Clone this repository 2. Run npm install 3. Run npm run package 4. Install the generated .vsix file in Visual Studio Code
Settings
You can configure the extension by opening the settings panel (or settings.json) and editing the following settings:
[!NOTE] You can find a list of available DeepSeek models at ollama.com.
Limitations
Currently, the extension does not have access to your files, so it cannot provide context-aware completions. This will be fixed in future versions.
To remedy this, you can copy the code you want to complete and paste it in the chat.
Requirements
This extension requires the Ollama app to be installed on your system. You can install it by following the instructions from ollama.com.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- agent
- ai
- assistant
- chat
- chat-participant
- copilot
- deepseek
- github-copilot
- model
- nlp
Where DeepSeek for GitHub Copilot sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
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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=wassimdev.wassimdev-vscode-deepseek. First seen Oct 19, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.