PluginStatsBash IDE installs statistics
By Mads Hartmann · VS Code Marketplace · Other
A language server for Bash
Bash IDE has 1,222,843 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #480 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.6 out of 5 from 28 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 4.57 / 5 from 28 ratings
About Bash IDE
Bash IDE
Visual Studio Code extension utilizing the [Bash Language Server][bash-lsp] and integrating with [explainshell][explainshell], [shellcheck][shellcheck] and [shfmt][shfmt].
We recommend that you install shellcheck to enable linting and install shfmt to enable formatting.
Features
• [x] Jump to declaration • [x] Find references • [x] Code Outline & Show Symbols • [x] Highlight occurrences • [x] Code completion • [x] Simple diagnostics reporting • [x] Documentation for flags on hover • [x] Workspace symbols • [x] Rename symbol • [x] Format document • [x] Snippets
Configuration
To get documentation for flags on hover (thanks to explainshell), run a compatible explainshell JSON API server and update your VS Code settings:
The server requests /explain?cmd=... and expects JSON, not the HTML returned by the standard explainshell website. Each entry in matches must include start and end offsets and either inline helpHTML or a helpclass referencing a [html, helpclass] pair in helptext. For example:
If your API serves /api/explain, include /api in bashIde.explainshellEndpoint.
For security reasons, it defaults to "", which disables explainshell integration. When set, this extension will send requests to the endpoint and displays documentation for flags. We recommend using a local Docker image (see https://github.com/bash-lsp/bash-language-server/issues/180).
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- bash
- bash script
- shell script
- shellscript
Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ratings over time
Listing placement
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Recent observations
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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=mads-hartmann.bash-ide-vscode. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.