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httpYac - Rest Client installs statistics

By Andreas Weber · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Quickly and easily send REST, Soap, GraphQL, GRPC, MQTT, RabbitMQ and WebSocket requests directly within Visual Studio Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 18, 2026

httpYac - Rest Client has 139,809 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #1938 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings.

PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.

Installs
139,809
Official API · Oct 18, 2026
7-day growth
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30-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#1938
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.96 / 5 from 27 ratings

About httpYac - Rest Client

httpYac - Yet another Client

Quickly and easily send REST, SOAP, GraphQL or gRPC requests directly in Editor

Example

more examples and guide

Commands

| Name | Description |

| httpyac.send | send request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.sendAll | send all requests in ActiveTextEditor | | httpyac.resend | resend last request | | httpyac.show | show cached response of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.viewHeader | show response headers, request header and timings of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.save | save response of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.clearAll | clear all cached responses | | httpyac.toggle-env | toggle environment of active text document | | httpyac.generateCode | generate code of request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | | httpyac.reset | reset environments, oauth sessions and cookies | | httpyac.logout | see current oauth2 sessions and logout | | httpyac.removeCookies | remove received cookies | | httpyac.new | create empty http file | | httpyac.showHistory | show response history | | httpyac.clearHistory | clear response history | | httpyac.removeHistory | remove history entry |

Keybindings

keybindings are only active in files with language http

| Name | Description | keybindings |

| httpyac.send | send request in ActiveTextEditor in active line | ctrl+alt+r | | httpyac.resend | resend last request | ctrl+alt+l | | httpyac.toggle-env | toggle environment of active text document | ctrl+alt+e |

Settings

Request Settings

| Name | Description | Default |

| httpyac.requestDefaultHeaders | default request headers if not overwritten | { "User-Agent": "httpyac"} | | httpyac.requestGotOptions | request options used for got | - | | httpyac.cookieJarEnabled | is CookieJar support enabled | true or options |

HttpYac extension uses the proxy settings of Visual Studio Code (http.proxy).

Environment Settings

| Name | Description | Default |

| httpyac.environmentSelectedOnStart | list of selected environments on startup | - | | httpyac.environmentPickMany | allow picking many environments at the same time | true | | httpyac.environmentVariables | environment variables | { "$shared":{} } | | httpyac.envDirName | relative or absolute path to folder with dotenv files | "env" |

Response View Settings

| Name | Description | Default |

| httpyac.responseViewHeader | headers (e.g. content-type), test results (e.g. tests.failed), timings (e.g. timings.total) and meta data (e.g. meta.size) visible in code lens of response | [ "timings.total", "content-type", "content-length" ] | | httpyac.responseViewMode | response view mode of file | preview | | httpyac.responseViewPrettyPrint | response view pretty prints content. Pretty print is only working, if editor receives focus (vscode limitation) | true | | httpyac.responseViewPreserveFocus | response view will not take focus after receiving response | true | | httpyac.responseViewColumn | response preview column option (current, beside) | beside | | httpyac.responseViewLanguageMap | mimetype to languageId map for response view (only used if not in preview mode) | beside |

httpYac Extension

| Name | Description | Default |

| httpyac.showGutterIcon | show gutter icon to highlight request lines | true | | httpyac.useMethodInSendCodeLens | use request method in send code lens | false | | httpyac.logLevel | log level of output channel | warn | | httpyac.maxHistoryItems | number of max history items | 50 |

License

MIT License

Change Log

See CHANGELOG here

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • AMQP
  • asciidoc
  • EventSource
  • GraphQL
  • gRPC
  • HTTP
  • Intellij Http Client
  • json
  • keybindings
  • markdown
  • MQTT
  • Postman
  • RabbitMQ
  • rapidapi
  • REST
  • restclient
  • rest-client
  • snippet
  • Soap
  • thunder client

Where httpYac - Rest Client sits in the listing

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All VS Code Marketplace2,500 listings · 125 pages · page 97, #18 (overall #1938)
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Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 32, #14 (overall #634)
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Snippets489 listings · 25 pages · page 20, #8 (overall #388)
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Charts

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Adoption over time

httpYac - Rest Client installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 139,809 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.httpYac - Rest ClientInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days139,809installs139.8K139.8K139.8K139.8K139.8K139.8K139.8KJul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
httpYac - Rest Client installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 139,809 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

httpYac - Rest Client installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.httpYac - Rest ClientInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace139,809installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
httpYac - Rest Client installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

httpYac - Rest Client VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1938 (by installs).httpYac - Rest ClientVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1938current rank#1936#1937#1938#1939#1940#1941Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
httpYac - Rest Client VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1938 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

httpYac - Rest Client ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 27 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.httpYac - Rest ClientRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days27ratings24252627282930Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
httpYac - Rest Client ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 27 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.
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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.

Recent observations

Full history (3)
Recent installs observations for httpYac - Rest Client
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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139,796+41
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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=anweber.vscode-httpyac. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.