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Regex Previewer installs statistics

By Christof Marti · VS Code Marketplace · AI

Regex matches previewer for JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP and Haxe in Visual Studio Code.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Regex Previewer has 1,016,375 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #535 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
1,016,375
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#535
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.53 / 5 from 19 ratings

About Regex Previewer

Features

Shows the current regular expression's matches in a side-by-side document. This can be turned on/off with Ctrl+Alt+M (⌥⌘M).

Global and multiline options can be added for evaluation with a side-by-side document through a status bar entry. This can be useful when the side-by-side document has multiple examples to match.

Regex Previewer in Action

Release Notes

0.6.0
  • Add support for d flag in TypeScript/JavaScript (PR by @wszgrcy)
0.5.0
  • Add chat participant
0.4.0
  • Also publish as web extension
0.3.0
0.2.0
0.1.0
  • Status bar item to toggle adding global and multiline flags for evaluation with example text.
  • Bugfixes
0.0.8
0.0.7
  • Several bugfixes
  • Catch up with latest release
0.0.6
  • Single toggle action to turn Regex matching on/off
0.0.5
  • Make it work on Windows again...
0.0.4
  • Allow any editor to show matches
  • Avoid storing sample file in installation directory
  • More bugfixes
0.0.3
  • More bugfixes, make it work on Windows.
  • Add icon
0.0.2

Bugfixes.

0.0.1

Initial release.

License

MIT

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • haxe
  • javascript
  • javascriptreact
  • keybindings
  • php
  • regex
  • regexp
  • regular expression
  • test
  • typescript
  • typescriptreact
  • vue

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Adoption over time

Regex Previewer installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,016,375 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Regex PreviewerInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days1,016,375installs1M1M1M1M1M1MJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Regex Previewer installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,016,375 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Regex Previewer installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Regex PreviewerInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace1,016,375installs 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
Regex Previewer installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Regex Previewer VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #535 (by installs).Regex PreviewerVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#535current rank#533#534#535#536#537Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Regex Previewer VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #535 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Regex Previewer ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 19 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Regex PreviewerRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days19ratings1718192021Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Regex Previewer ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 19 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 27, #15 (overall #535)
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Listing placement

AI66 listings · 4 pages · page 2, #5 (overall #25)
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Listing placement

Chat55 listings · 3 pages · page 2, #1 (overall #21)
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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.

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Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for Regex Previewer
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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=chrmarti.regex. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.