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By Jose Torres · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

CMake language support for VS Code.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 18, 2026

CMake Language Support has 1,756,579 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #376 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.1 out of 5 from 18 ratings.

PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.

Installs
1,756,579
Official API · Oct 18, 2026
7-day growth
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Insufficient history
30-day growth
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90-day growth
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Insufficient history
Rank
#376
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.06 / 5 from 18 ratings

About CMake Language Support

CMake Language Support

CMake Language Support implements all of your favorite code editor features and is currently available for Visual Studio Code. An interactive preview is available at https://josetr.github.io/cmake-language-support.

Please note that we do our best to get most of the command signatures and parameters by scanning the whole CMake Documentation but it's currently impossible to be 100% accurate due to the nature of the documentation.

Features

• Syntax Highlighting • Auto Completion • Quick Info • Signature Help • Syntax Errors / Warnings • Format Document • Format Selection • Rename Symbol • Comment Line / Block • Document Symbols • Document Highlights • Folding Ranges • Go to Definition • Go to References • Find All References • Brace Completion • Brace Matching • Brace Surrounding • Smart Indentation

Installing .NET 6 Runtime (required)

Automatic

Microsoft's .NET Install Tool for Extension Authors will be used to acquire a .NET Runtime automagically once the extension runs for the first time. If it fails, as seems to be the case for some users, please follow the manual installation instructions.

Manual

• Install .NET Runtime • Windows: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows • Linux: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux • macOS: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/macos • Set cmake.languageSupport.dotnetPath to your dotnet executable path (usually C:/Program Files/dotnet/dotnet.exe on Windows)

Configuration

Format Options

| cmake.format.[option] | false (default) | true |

| spaceAfterCommandName | message() | message () | | spaceInParentheses | message(arg) | message( arg ) |

• allowOptionalArgumentIndentation

FileAPI (Experimental)

Enables experimental use of https://cmake.org/cmake/help/git-stage/manual/cmake-file-api.7.html in order to provide more accurate results.

• Install Microsoft's CMake Tools extension • Set cmake.languageSupport.enableFileAPI to true.

Every time CMake Tools configures the active cmake project (usually when you save a CMakeLists.txt file), our cmake-file-api query will be executed and we will be able to:

1. Provide accurate results for:

• Targets • Configurations • Toolchains

2. Get the exact cmake files used by the cmake project and parse them all in order to: • Search user-declared functions, macros, and variables in all files • Enable the following features to work across all of the available files • Find All References • Go to Definition • Workspace Symbols • Auto Completion • Signature Help • Quick Info

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • cmake
  • CMakeCache
  • cmake-cache
  • CMakeDocumentation
  • cmake-documentation

Where CMake Language Support 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.

All VS Code Marketplace2,500 listings · 125 pages · page 19, #16 (overall #376)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order
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Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 8, #15 (overall #155)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order
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Charts

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Adoption over time

CMake Language Support installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,756,579 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.CMake Language SupportInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days1,756,579installs1.8M1.8M1.8M1.8M1.8M1.8M1.8M1.8MJul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
CMake Language Support installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1,756,579 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

CMake Language Support installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.CMake Language SupportInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace1,756,579installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
CMake Language Support installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

CMake Language Support VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #376 (by installs).CMake Language SupportVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#376current rank#374#375#376#377#378Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
CMake Language Support VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #376 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

CMake Language Support ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 18 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.CMake Language SupportRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days18ratings1616.51717.51818.51919.520Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
CMake Language Support ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 18 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.
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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.

Recent observations

Full history (3)
Recent installs observations for CMake Language Support
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
1,756,579+125
1,756,454+190
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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=josetr.cmake-language-support-vscode. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.