file-icons installs statistics

By file-icons · VS Code Marketplace · Themes

File-specific icons in VSCode for improved visual grepping.

Themes

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 21, 2026

file-icons has 1,851,720 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #363 of 2,502 tracked listings.

Installs: 1,851,720; Official API · Oct 21, 2026
7-day growth: —; Insufficient history
30-day growth: —; Insufficient history
90-day growth: —; Insufficient history
Rank: #363; Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.97 / 5 from 32 ratings

About file-icons

File Icons for VSCode

File-specific icons in VSCode for improved visual grepping.

Icon previews

Vast array of icons for most languages and frameworks
Comes in coloured and colourless flavours
Uses same icon set as file-icons for Atom

Installation

Open the command palette and run ext install file-icons.

Alternatively, install through the command-line:

code --install-extension file-icons.file-icons

Once installed, activate the theme by selecting File Icons from the File Icon Theme menu.

Icon fonts

New icons

Please request new icons over at file-icons/icons.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

file-icons
filetypes
icons
icon-theme
theme

README badge

Show your rank in a README or on your website. The badge updates automatically.

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Charts

Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark

Adoption over time

file-icons installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,851,720 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

file-icons installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

file-icons VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #363 (by installs).

Ratings over time

file-icons ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 32 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,502 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 19, #3 (overall #363)

All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Themes266 listings · 14 pages · page 2, #2 (overall #22)

Themes: 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.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

Full history (6)

Recent installs observations for file-icons
Date (UTC)	Installs	Change vs. previous	Source	Precision
Oct 21, 2026	1,851,720	+584	Official API	Exact
Oct 20, 2026	1,851,136	+452	Official API	Exact
Oct 19, 2026	1,850,684	+206	Official API	Exact
Oct 18, 2026	1,850,478	+213	Official API	Exact
Oct 17, 2026	1,850,265	+257	Official API	Exact
Oct 16, 2026	1,850,008	—	Official API	Exact

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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=file-icons.file-icons. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 21, 2026. See the methodology.