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By xshrim · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

highlight text files(.txt, .out .tmp, .log, .ini, .cnf ...) and provide general utility tools for text documents

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Txt Syntax has 407,108 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #953 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 15 ratings.

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

Installs
407,108
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
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Rank
#953
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.40 / 5 from 15 ratings

About Txt Syntax

TXT Syntax

Features

• Highlight syntax for several text files with dynamic enable/disable languages. • Open the file under the current cursor through the right-click menu "Open File". • Search selected word using custom search engine in the embeded simple browser. • Simple folding and outline function. • Add codelens for Makefile to make running makefile target easily. • Highlight current line. • Highlight multiple selected words in all active editors. • Filter and focus on lines based on custom regular expressions

*folding function need you set "editor.foldingStrategy": "auto".*

*highlight line feature is forked from cliffordfajardo/highlight-line-vscode*

*highlight words feature is forked from rsbondi/highlight-words*

*filter lines feature is forked from XinyaYang0506/log-analysis*

Supported file types

default

The following type types are supported by default:

custom

you can enable/disable every file type(except txt/text type) by any of the following method:

Folding function

Text between sections, braces or hypertext markups could be folded.

Section headers like these:

You could set "files.defaultLanguage": "txt" or "files.associations": {"Untitled-*": "txt"} in settings.json to let vscode treat all Untitled files as txt files and then txt syntax will be enabled for these files automatically. In additon, you could also install Modelines extension to set a file to a special format.

note: It will override the default highlight schemes supported by visual studio code if you active this extension.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • codelens
  • filter lines
  • highlight
  • highlight line
  • highlight words
  • makefile
  • syntax
  • text
  • txt
  • txt folding

Charts

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Adoption over time

Txt Syntax installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 407,108 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Txt SyntaxInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days407,108installs406.9K407K407K407.1K407.1K407.2KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Txt Syntax installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 407,108 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Txt Syntax installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Txt SyntaxInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace407,108installs 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
Txt Syntax installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Txt Syntax VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #953 (by installs).Txt SyntaxVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#953current rank#951#952#953#954#955Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Txt Syntax VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #953 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Txt Syntax ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 15 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Txt SyntaxRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days15ratings13.51414.51515.51616.5Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Txt Syntax ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 15 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 48, #13 (overall #953)
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Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 18, #8 (overall #348)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order
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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.

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Recent observations

Full history (4)
Recent installs observations for Txt Syntax
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
407,108+58
407,050+63
406,987+76
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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=xshrim.txt-syntax. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.