PluginStatsPDF Preview installs statistics
By Analytic Signal Limited (4 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Preview Portable Document Format (.pdf) files in VSCode
PDF Preview has 377,661 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #997 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.60 / 5 from 5 ratings
About PDF Preview
PDF Preview in VSCode
Simple preview for Portable Document Format files in VSCode. The extension allows you to preview the (.pdf) files directly inside VSCode, which means you don't loose focus by leaving the environment to open the document in a browser, and allows you to organise your documents alongside notebooks in the VSCode editor. The main use case for data science is to preview slide presentations and technical documents at the same as working with Python notebooks and statistical graphics.
*PDF Preview of core photographs. Image contains data provided by the UK Oil and Gas Authority and/or third parties.*
Usage
Click
To preview a PDF file:
• Click on a (.pdf) file
A preview of the file contents should now be shown in an editor.
Open to the Side
To preview a PDF file in a new editor (if other editors are already open):
• Right-click on a file with (.pdf) extension and choose *Open to the Side*
A preview of the file contents should now be shown in a new editor.
Using an external browser
To open a (.pdf) file in an external browser, locate the file of interest in the Explorer, *right-click* and choose *Reveal in Finder* (macOS). From there, double-click to open the file in a browser. However, using the preview extension provides a cleaner user experience.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
Where PDF Preview sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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 (3)Similar VS Code Marketplace Other plugins
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=analytic-signal.preview-pdf. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.