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Markdown Checkboxes installs statistics

By Matt Bierner (11 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Adds checkbox support to the built-in markdown preview

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Markdown Checkboxes has 1,444,774 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #434 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
1,444,774
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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30-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#434
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.73 / 5 from 15 ratings

About Markdown Checkboxes

Adds checkbox / task list support to VS Code's built-in markdown preview and in notebooks:

Features

  • Adds support for Github's - [ ] and - [x] check box syntax to VS Code's built-in markdown preview.
  • Adds - [ ] and - [x] checkbox rendering Markdown cells in notebooks.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • checkbox
  • checkboxes
  • github
  • markdown
  • task list

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Adoption over time

Markdown Checkboxes installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,444,774 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Markdown CheckboxesInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days1,444,774installs1.4M1.4M1.4M1.4M1.4M1.4MJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Markdown Checkboxes installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,444,774 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Markdown Checkboxes installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Markdown CheckboxesInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace1,444,774installs 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
Markdown Checkboxes installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Markdown Checkboxes VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #434 (by installs).Markdown CheckboxesVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#434current rank#432#433#434#435#436Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Markdown Checkboxes VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #434 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Markdown Checkboxes ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 15 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Markdown CheckboxesRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days15ratings13.51414.51515.51616.5Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Markdown Checkboxes ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 15 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 22, #14 (overall #434)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 6, #7 (overall #107)
Other: 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 Markdown Checkboxes
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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1,444,038+231
1,443,807+274
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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=bierner.markdown-checkbox. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.