PluginStatsJson Editor installs statistics
By Nick DeMayo · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Generate a tree view editor of the active JSON document
Json Editor has 380,416 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #993 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 3.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 3.72 / 5 from 18 ratings
About Json Editor
Json Editor
A vscode extension to preview and edit JSON documents in a simple tree view, based on . ## To start open the command pallete and type json. View>Command Palette> JSON Editor: Start JSON editor session
Features
• Tree view updates automatically when you save the active document • Properties/values can edited in the tree view, which updates the active json document • Tree view supports searching, expand/collapse all, and undo/redo
Configuration
• vscode-json-editor.theme: Set the theme for the editor ('light', 'dark'). Note: you must close/reopen any existing editors for the change to take effect.
Known Issues
1. Editing large json files (>1mb) from the tree view can sometimes cause edits to be lost or not fully synced.
Contributions
• Tree view code provided by jsoneditor
Release Notes
0.2.3
• Updated to the latest jsoneditor release
0.2.2
• Updated to latest jsoneditor release • Improved jsoneditor -> editor update times
0.2.1
• Tweaked the background color for the dark theme to better match vscode's defualt • Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline
0.2.0
• Added dark theme (fix for #1);
0.0.4
• Make updating the editor from the tree a bit more consistent
0.0.3
• Fix borked icon
0.0.2
• Updated screenshots • Fixed some spelling errors in the readme
0.0.1
Initial release of vscode-json-editor
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- editor
- json
- preview
- tree
Where Json Editor sits in the listing
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Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.
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=nickdemayo.vscode-json-editor. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.