Git History installs statistics
By Don Jayamanne (7 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
View git log, file history, compare branches or commits
Git History has 17,419,302 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #65 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 179 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.44 / 5 from 179 ratings
About Git History
Git History, Search and More (including _git log_)
• View and search git log along with the graph and details. • View a previous copy of the file. • View and search the history • View the history of one or all branches (git log) • View the history of a file • View the history of a line in a file (Git Blame). • View the history of an author • Compare: • Compare branches • Compare commits • Compare files across commits • Miscellaneous features: • Github avatars • Cherry-picking commits • Create Tag • Create Branch • Reset commit (soft and hard) • Reverting commits • Create branches from a commits • View commit information in a treeview (snapshot of all changes) • Merge and rebase
Open the file to view the history, and then Press F1 and select/type "Git: View History", "Git: View File History" or "Git: View Line History".
Available Commands
• View Git History (git log) (git.viewHistory) • View File History (git.viewFileHistory) • View Line History (git.viewLineHistory)
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can add keyboard short cuts for the above commands by following the directions on the website customization documentation.
NOTE: The file for which the history is to be viewed, must already be opened.
Source
GitHub
Big thanks to ole
License
MIT
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- git
- keybindings
Where Git History 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
Ranking history
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 Other 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=donjayamanne.githistory. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.