PluginStatsgitignore installs statistics
By CodeZombie · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Lets you pull .gitignore templates from the https://github.com/github/gitignore repository. Language support for .gitignore files.
gitignore has 6,480,932 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #148 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 gitignore
gitignore Extension for Visual Studio Code
An extension for Visual Studio Code that assists you in working with .gitignore files.
Features
• Add local .gitignore file by pulling .gitignore templates from the github/gitignore repository • Language support for .gitignore files
Usage
Start command palette (with Ctrl+Shift+P or F1) and start typing Add gitignore
Settings
Visual Studio Code Settings
GitHub API Rate Limits
This extension makes API calls to the GitHub REST API which are subject to rate limits.
By default, requests sent to the GitHub REST API are unauthenticated. Although the rate limit for unauthenticated requests is low, this should usually not be an issue because of caching and the typical infrequent usage of this extension.
If you reach the rate limit (e.g. because you work inside a corporate network), the extension will ask you if you want to the Authenticaton Provider for GitHub. If you agree, the extension will use authenticated GitHub API calls, which come with a mich higher rate limit than unauthenticated calls.
Roadmap
v0.x
• Implement logging accroding to best practices • Replace https-proxy-agent package by high level proxy-agent package • Switch to fetch API (requires vscode v1.82) • Further test and improve proxy support • Add unit tests with active proxy
Changelog
See CHANGELOG.md
License
See LICENSE
Credits
Icon based on the Git logo by Jason Long
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- gitignore
- multi-root ready
Where gitignore 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
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 Programming Languages 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=codezombiech.gitignore. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.