Live Code Runner installs statistics
By lablup · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Run your codes via Backend.AI Cloud (https://cloud.backend.ai)
Live Code Runner has 96,548 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #2420 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
About Live Code Runner
live-code-runner
Run codes in Visual Studio Code via Backend.AI Cloud server (https://cloud.backend.ai) or your own Backend.AI server. You can run your code (or code snippet) without installing or setting any programming environment with this extension.
live-code-runner is Visual Studio Code editor extension to add remote code execution feature using Backend.AI Cloud Service. live-code-runner uses Backend.AI framework and Backend.AI API. Currently, Backend.AI supports 15 programming languages now.
How-to
API Key registration
1. Get your own API key pair (API key / Secret key) at Backend.AI Cloud Service or your on-premise Backend.AI server. 2. Type your API key pair on preferences page (Code - Preferences - Settings - 'live-code-runner')
Run
1. Write your code on editor. 2. Run code by • Choose Run code on Backend.AI Cloud at context menu OR • Type backend and choose Run code on Backend.AI Cloud at command palette. 3. Execution result will be shown at bottom pane. If there are interactive media outputs, right pane also will appear.
Requirements
Supporting modes
Here we list the latest versions of our supported kernel images. "\*" in the Query mode column means that it supports preservation of global contexts across different query runs.
| Language | Image Name | Version | Batch | Query | Input Hook | TTY | Runtime Impl. |
| C | lablup/kernel-c | 6.3 | O | O | O | | GCC on Alpine 3.6 | | C++ (14) | lablup/kernel-cpp | 6.3 | O | O | | | GCC on Alpine 3.6 | | Go | lablup/kernel-go | 1.9 | O | O | | | | | Haskell | lablup/kernel-haskell | 8.2 | O | O | | | | | Java | lablup/kernel-java | 8.0 | O | O | | | | | Linux Console | lablup/kernel-git | - | - | - | - | O | Bash on Alpine 3.6 | | Lua | lablup/kernel-lua | 5.3 | O | O | | | | | Node.js | lablup/kernel-nodejs | 6.11 | O | O | | | | | Octave | lablup/kernel-octave | 4.2 | O | O | | | | | ~Python~ | lablup/kernel-python | 2.7 | O | O | O | | temporarily unsupported | | Python | lablup/kernel-python | 3.6 | O | O\* | O | | | | Rust | lablup/kernel-rust | 1.17 | O | O | | | | | PHP | lablup/kernel-php | 7.1 | O | O | | | | | R | lablup/kernel-r | 3.3 | O | O | | | CRAN R |
| Deep-Learning Framework | Image Name | Version | Batch | Query | Input Hook | TTY | Runtime Impl. |
| TensorFlow | lablup/kernel-python-tensorflow | 1.8-1.3 | O | O\* | O | | Bundled w/Keras 2 | | PyTorch | lablup/kernel-python-torch | 2.0-0.2 | O | O\* | O | | | | Theano | lablup/kernel-python-theano | 1.0 | O | O\* | O | | Bundled w/Keras 2 | | CNTK | lablup/kernel-python-cntk | (WIP) | O | O\* | O | | Bundled w/Keras 2 |
Languages and modes (to be ready soon)
• Swift (via Swift opensource version)
Work-in-progress
• Multi-file support (is already supported via CLI, but not in JavaScript SDK yet.) • Virtual Folder mount / navigation (is already supported via CLI, but not in JavaScript SDK yet.)
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
• live-code-runner.accessKey: set your access key created at https://cloud.backend.ai . • live-code-runner.secretKey: set your secret key created at https://cloud.backend.ai .
Troubleshooting
1. My language is not recognized • Make sure that language name of your code is correctly recognized by Visual Studio Code. You can see the grammar of current editor at the right side of bottom bar. If your language is not supported by Visual Studio Code, please install language support extensions.
Release Notes
Refer CHANGELOG for details.
Contribution
We endorse you to fork this repository. Pull requests are welcomed.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- cloud
- javascript
- keybindings
- language
- live-code-runner-console
- python
- tensorflow
Where Live Code Runner sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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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=lablup.live-code-runner. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.