PluginStatsreStructuredText installs statistics
By LeXtudio Inc. · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
reStructuredText language support (RST/ReST linter, preview, IntelliSense and more)
reStructuredText has 786,752 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #627 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 2.9 out of 5 from 76 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 2.88 / 5 from 76 ratings
About reStructuredText
reStructuredText Language Support for Visual Studio Code
This extension provides rich reStructuredText language support for Visual Studio Code. Now you write reStructuredText scripts using the excellent IDE-like interface that VS Code provides.
Features
• Code Snippets • Editor Enhancement • Linter Integration • Syntax Highlighting (via dependent extension by Trond Snekvik) • IntelliSense (via dependent extension by Alex Carney) • Live Preview (via dependent extension by Alex Carney)
Frequent Asked Questions can be found here.
How to install from Marketplace
This extension is hosted at Visual Studio Marketplace
1. Upgrade to Visual Studio Code 1.82.0 or above. 1. Switch to the Extensions view by clicking the fifth icon in the left most bar. 1. Type "restructuredtext" in the search box and hit Enter key. 1. Click "Install" button to install "reStructuredText" extension (by LeXtudio Inc.).
After installing this extension, please visit the homepage for this extension to learn how to use it.
Contributing to the code
Check out the development documentation for more details on how to contribute to this extension!
License
This extension is licensed under the MIT License. Please see the third-party notices file for details on the third-party files that we include with releases of this project.
Acknowledgements
Logo
The project logo comes from Legendora Icon by Teekatas Suwannakrua.
Linter
The linter support is based on Cody Hoover's ruby-linter. Linters like rstcheck/doc8/rst-lint can be used side by side.
Sponsor
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- keybindings
- ReST
- restructuredtext
- RST
- snippet
Where reStructuredText 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
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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=lextudio.restructuredtext. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.