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By YuichiNukiyama · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Preview Web Page on Web Server.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Preview on Web Server has 610,132 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #753 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
610,132
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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90-day growth
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Rank
#753
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.79 / 5 from 47 ratings

About Preview on Web Server

vscode-preview-server

Features

This extension provide preview of HTML which execute on web server. When you save files, this extension automatically reload browser or side panel (live preview feature). You can call these features from the context menu or editor menu. The main features are as follows.

  • Preview on side panel (ctrl+shift+v): Open preview of HTML on side panel. With this feature, you can easely check the operation of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  • Launch on browser (ctrl+shift+l): Open Web Page on default browser. You can check all operation with web page.
  • Stop the web server (ctrl+shift+s): Stop the web server. This feature can be used only from command palette.
  • Resume the web server (ctrl+shift+r): Resume the web server. This feature can be used only from command palette.
  • show UI Page (ctrl+shift+u): Show UI Page. You can change options at UI page.

feature

Extension Settings

Description

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • previewServer.browsers: Browsers to launch. Even if you do not set this option, default browser launch if the ignoreDefaultBrowser is false. Default setting is null.
  • previewServer.ignoreDefaultBrowser: Controls whether launch default browser or not. Default setting is false.
  • previewServer.isWatchConfiguration: Controls whether resume the Web Server or not, when change settings. Default setting is true.
  • previewServer.port: Port number of the Web Server. If you set null, vscode-preview-server generate random number, and set port as random number. Default setting is 8080.
  • previewServer.proxy: Set proxy. This is usefull when execute web app on another web server. Default setting is "".
  • previewServer.sync: Controls whether synchronized or not. Default setting is true.
  • previewServer.ui: Port number of UI Page. Default setting is 3001.
  • startupProject: Name of startup project. This setting is meaningful only when in the workspace. This value is the name of the folder. When using this workspace and omitting this value, the first folder becomes the startup project Default setting is null.
Simple example
{
    "previewServer.browsers": ["firefox", "chrome"],
    "previewServer.ignoreDefaultBroswer": true,
    "previewServer.port": 9999,
    "previewServer.ui": {
        "port": 3001,
        "weinrePort": 8081
    }
}
Settings with workspace
{
    "previewServer.startupProject": "Product"
}
{
	"folders": [
		{
			"name": "Product",
			"path": "foo"
		},
		{
			"name": "Test",
			"path": "bar"
		}
	],
	"settings": {
		"previewServer.startupProject": "Product"
	}
}

How to build locally

  1. Ensure that you have gulp-cli installed globally using npm i -g gulp-cli.
  2. Run npm install to bring in the dependencies.
  3. Run gulp build to produce i18n files.
  4. Press F5 key to launch extension.

Known Issues

Preview on side panel somethimes don't work with CDN, Link etc.

Acknowledgements

This extension use browsersync. I would like to thank browsersync team for useful work.

Lisence

MIT

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • HTML
  • keybindings
  • multi-root ready
  • Preview
  • VSCode

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Charts

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Adoption over time

Preview on Web Server installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 610,132 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Preview on Web ServerInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days610,132installs610K610K610K610.1K610.1K610.1K610.1K610.1KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Preview on Web Server installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 610,132 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Preview on Web Server installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Preview on Web ServerInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace610,132installs 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
Preview on Web Server installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Preview on Web Server VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #753 (by installs).Preview on Web ServerVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#753current rank#751#752#753#754#755Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Preview on Web Server VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #753 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Preview on Web Server ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 47 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Preview on Web ServerRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days47ratings424446485052Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Preview on Web Server ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 47 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 38, #13 (overall #753)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 10, #18 (overall #198)
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.

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Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for Preview on Web Server
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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=yuichinukiyama.vscode-preview-server. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.