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Better Align installs statistics

By wwm · VS Code Marketplace · Formatters

Align code without selecting them first.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Better Align has 555,336 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #799 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.3 out of 5 from 38 ratings.

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

Installs
555,336
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
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Insufficient history
30-day growth
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Insufficient history
90-day growth
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Insufficient history
Rank
#799
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.29 / 5 from 38 ratings

About Better Align

Better Align

Features

Align your code by colon(:), assignment(=,+=,-=,*=,/=) and arrow(=>). It has additional support for comma-first coding style and trailing comment.

And it doesn't require you to select what to be aligned, the extension will figure it out by itself.

How to use

Place your cursor at where you want your code to be aligned, and invoke the Align command via Command Palette or customized shortcut. Then the code will be automatically aligned.

Screenshots

Comma-first sytle:

Trailing comment:

Align within selection:

Shortcuts

There's no built-in shortcut comes with the extension, you have to add shotcuts by yourself: 1. Open Command Palette and type open shortcuts to open keybinding settings 2. Add something similar like this:

Extension Settings

alignment.operatorPadding : "left" | "right"

Specify how assignment operator will be aligned.

alignment.indentBase : "firstline" | "activeline" | "dontchange"

Specify if it use the indentation of the firstline or the line under the cursor. Below are the activeline effect, notice how it's different from the screenshot above.

If indentBase is dontchange, better-align will only align lines with same indentation and will not modify the indentation.

alignment.surroundSpace

Default value:

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

Where Better Align 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 40, #19 (overall #799)
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Formatters287 listings · 15 pages · page 6, #9 (overall #109)
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Charts

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Adoption over time

Better Align installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 555,336 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Better AlignInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days555,336installs555.3K555.3K555.3K555.3K555.3K555.3K555.3KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Better Align installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 555,336 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Better Align installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Better AlignInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace555,336installs 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
Better Align installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Better Align VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #799 (by installs).Better AlignVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#799current rank#797#798#799#800#801Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Better Align VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #799 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Better Align ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 38 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Better AlignRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days38ratings3436384042Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Better Align ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 38 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 Better Align
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
555,336+30
555,306+2
555,304+21
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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=wwm.better-align. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.