PluginStatsBrowse Lite installs statistics
By Anthony Fu (9 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Embedded browser in VS Code.
Browse Lite has 910,232 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #571 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 19 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 19 ratings
About Browse Lite
Browse Lite
Embedded browser in VS Code
Forked from Browser Preview by Kenneth Auchenberg
• ⚡️ Faster page refreshing • 🌗 Dark mode aware • 🎨 Theme-aware UI • 🐞 Built-in devtools support • 🔌 Extendable actions • 🖥 Re-open in the system browser • ✅ No Telemetry • 🍃 Much lighter 10.3MB ➡️ 212KB
Run Browse Lite: Open... command to start the browser
This extension was originally built for VS Code for Vite.
Sponsors
This project is part of my Sponsor Program.
License
MIT - Copyright (c) 2019 Kenneth Auchenberg
MIT - Copyright (c) 2021 Anthony Fu
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- debuggers
Where Browse Lite 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.
Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
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=antfu.browse-lite. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.