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By be5invis (4 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

Custom CSS and JS for Visual Studio Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 18, 2026

Custom CSS and JS Loader has 1,203,117 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #486 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 65 ratings.

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

Installs
1,203,117
Official API · Oct 18, 2026
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Rank
#486
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.92 / 5 from 65 ratings

About Custom CSS and JS Loader

Custom CSS and JS

SPECIAL NOTE: If Visual Studio Code complains about that it is corrupted, simply click “Don't show again” or install Fix VSCode Checksums Next.

NOTE: Every time after Visual Studio Code is updated, please re-enable Custom CSS.

NOTE: Every time you change the configuration, please re-enable Custom CSS.

Starting from extension version 6.0, to be compatible with VSCode 1.58, the CSS/JS files being applied will be inlined into VSCode's workbench.

Custom CSS to your Visual Studio Code. Based on robertohuertasm’s vscode-icons.

Getting Started

1. Install this extension.

2. Add to settings.json:

VERY IMPORTANT: Items in vscode_custom_css.imports must be URLs. Plain file paths are NOT URLs.

• Windows File URL Example: file:///C:/Users/MyUserName/Documents/custom.css • The C:/ part is REQUIRED. • MacOS and Linux File URL Example: file:///Users/MyUserName/Documents/custom.css • See here for more details.

3. Restart Visual Studio Code with proper permission to modify itself:

1. Windows: Restart with Administrator Permission.

2. MacOS and Linux: See instructions below.

4. Activate command "Reload Custom CSS and JS".

5. Restart.

Extension commands

As you know to access the command palette and introduce commands you can use *F1* (all OSes), *Ctrl+Shift+P* (Windows & Linux) or *Cmd+Shift+P* (OS X).

• *Enable Custom CSS and JS*: It enables custom CSS and JS URLs listed in “vscode_custom_css.imports”, an array containing URLs of your custom CSS and JS files, in your user settings. • *Disable Custom CSS and JS*: It will disable custom CSS. • *Reload Custom CSS and JS*: Disable and then re-enable it.

Windows users

In Windows, make sure you run your Visual Studio Code in Administrator mode before enabling or disabling your custom style!

Mac and Linux users

The extension would NOT work if Visual Studio Code cannot modify itself. The cases include:

• Code files being read-only, like on a read-only file system or, • Code is not started with the permissions to modify itself.

You need to claim ownership on Visual Studio Code's installation directory, by running this command:

The placeholder means the path to VSCode installation. It is typically:

• /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron, on MacOS; • /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron, on MacOS when using Insiders branch; • /usr/share/code, on most Linux; • /usr/lib/code/ or /opt/visual-studio-code on Arch Linux.

Mac and Linux package managers may have customized installation path. Please double check your path is correct.

Variables

File URIs support VSCode variables like: ${userHome}. It just replaces supported variables with their values before parsing into a file path. Supported variables are:

• ${cwd} • ${userHome} • ${workspaceFolder} • ${execPath} • ${pathSeparator}, ${/}

${workspaceFolder} represents to the root directory of the workspace currently open in VSCode. It also supports env variables like ${env:ENV_VAR_NAME} and you can specify a fallback value like ${env:ENV_VAR:defaultvalue}

Example

Disclaimer

This extension modifies some Visual Studio Code files so use it at your own risk. Currently, icons are not supported by the extension functionality that Visual Studio Code provides so this extension solves this issue by injecting code into:

• electron-browser/index.html.

The extension will keep a copy of the original file in case something goes wrong. That's what the disable command will do for you.

As this extension modifies Visual Studio Code files, it will get disabled with every Visual Studio Code update. You will have to enable icons again via the command palette.

Take into account that this extension is still in beta, so you may find some bugs while playing with it. Please, report them to the issues section of the Github's repo.

Please, leave a review if you can, so the Visual Studio Code Team can know that this is a very demanded feature and, maybe, they can then provide a proper way to extend the IDE regarding icons and customizations soon enough. ;D

More file extensions will be supported shortly!

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • css
  • javascript

Where Custom CSS and JS Loader 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.

All VS Code Marketplace2,500 listings · 125 pages · page 25, #6 (overall #486)
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Themes266 listings · 14 pages · page 2, #14 (overall #34)
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Charts

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Adoption over time

Custom CSS and JS Loader installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,203,117 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.Custom CSS and JS LoaderInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days1,203,117installs1.2M1.2M1.2M1.2M1.2M1.2M1.2MJul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Custom CSS and JS Loader installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,203,117 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Custom CSS and JS Loader installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Custom CSS and JS LoaderInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace1,203,117installs 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
Custom CSS and JS Loader installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Custom CSS and JS Loader VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #486 (by installs).Custom CSS and JS LoaderVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#486current rank#484#485#486#487#488Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
Custom CSS and JS Loader VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #486 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Custom CSS and JS Loader ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 65 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.Custom CSS and JS LoaderRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days65ratings5860626466687072Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Custom CSS and JS Loader ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 65 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 Custom CSS and JS Loader
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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=be5invis.vscode-custom-css. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.