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Zig Language installs statistics

By ziglang · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Language support for the Zig programming language

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Zig Language has 260,942 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1272 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
260,942
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#1272
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 14 ratings

About Zig Language

vscode-zig

VSCode Extension Open VSX Version

Zig support for Visual Studio Code.

Syntax Highlighting, Code Completion

Features

  • install and manage Zig version
  • syntax highlighting
  • basic compiler linting
  • automatic formatting
  • Run/Debug zig program
  • Run/Debug tests
  • optional ZLS language server features
    • completions
    • goto definition/declaration
    • document symbols
    • ... and many more
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Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • json
  • keybindings
  • zig

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Adoption over time

Zig Language installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 260,942 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Zig LanguageInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days260,942installs260.4K260.5K260.6K260.7K260.8K260.9K261KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Zig Language installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 260,942 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Zig Language installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Zig LanguageInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace260,942installs 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
Zig Language installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Zig Language VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1272 (by installs).Zig LanguageVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1272current rank#1269#1270#1271#1272#1273#1274Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Zig Language VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1272 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Zig Language ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 14 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Zig LanguageRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days14ratings12.51313.51414.51515.5Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Zig Language ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 14 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 64, #12 (overall #1,272)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 22, #16 (overall #436)
Programming Languages: 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

Full history (5)
Recent installs observations for Zig Language
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
260,942+161
260,781+213
260,568+13
260,555+78
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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=ziglang.vscode-zig. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.