PluginStats[Deprecated] Node Debug installs statistics
By Microsoft (223 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Debuggers
Node.js debugging support
[Deprecated] Node Debug has 401,910 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #963 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.67 / 5 from 3 ratings
About [Deprecated] Node Debug
Important note: By default, this extension now delegates to the new js-debug extension which is built-in to VS Code. Please file issues on that repo. To revert to the old behavior, you can set "debug.javascript.usePreview": false in your settings.
Node Debug
This extension is bundled with Visual Studio Code and together with Node Debug (legacy) forms the Node.js debugging experience.
Node Debug is the debugger for Node.js versions >= 8.0.
See a general overview of debugging in VS Code here.
Documentation for Node.js specific debugging can be found here.
Please submit bugs and feature requests to the VS Code repository.
License
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Licensed under the MIT License.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- debuggers
- javascript
- node
Where [Deprecated] Node Debug 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 Debuggers 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=ms-vscode.node-debug2. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.