JSON5 syntax installs statistics
By mrmlnc (9 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Adds syntax highlighting of JSON5 files
JSON5 syntax has 264,215 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1259 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 3.33 / 5 from 3 ratings
About JSON5 syntax
vscode-json5
This extension adds syntax highlighting of JSON5 files in VS Code.
Colorization

(imported from Atom package)
Usage
Install the extension in VS Code
- Open the command palette using <kbd>Ctrl+P</kbd>.
- Type
ext install json5in the command palette.
Select JSON5 as a language
- On the bottom-right corner, click on the select language mode button, if you have created a new file it should display Plain Text.
- Select JSON5 in the list of languages.
- Alternatively, saving the file with a
.json5extension, will allow VS Code to understand that it is a JSON5 file, and automatically select the language correctly.
Supported features
- Syntax highlight
Supported filetypes
.json5
Contributing
These simple rules will help me to solve your problem.
- Check the Issues and Pull requests sections for duplicates of your question or path.
- Please, use GitHub emotions.
- If you want create Issue:
- Specify the version of your editor and used theme.
- Detailed description of your problem:
- Description
- Code sample
- Screenshot
- If you want create Pull request:
- Fork this repository and clone it to your machine.
- Open folder contains this extension in VS Code.
- Press <kbd>F5</kbd>.
- Make your changes and send a PR.
Changelog
See the Releases section of our GitHub project for changelogs for each release version.
License
This software is released under the terms of the MIT license.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- highlight
- json5
- syntax
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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=mrmlnc.vscode-json5. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.