openHAB installs statistics
By openHAB · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Robust tool for openHAB textual configurations. Includes code snippets, syntax highlighting, language server integration and more.
openHAB has 180,963 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1639 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.71 / 5 from 14 ratings
About openHAB
openHAB VS Code Extension
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openHAB is a vendor and techology agnostic open source automation software for your home. This Visual Studio Code extension allows you to work with openHAB configuration files (like *.items, *.rules, *.sitemap and *.script) thanks to the syntax highlighting, code snippets and integrated search.
The extension is designed with openHAB 2.x in mind - most snippets and design patterns will work in openHAB 2.x
Features
• Syntax highlighting for the openHAB DSL (rules, items, scripts and sitemaps). • Code snippets for openHAB, including Design Patterns by Rich Koshak • Integrated quick search of openHAB Community • Integrated Basic UI browser window (Ctrl + Alt + O or editor title icon) • Integrated Paper UI preview for the Items and Things • Integration with openHAB REST API • List of all Items accessible from the tree view • Code completions • Language Server Protocol support - syntax validation • Dynamic Items creation from Thing's channels • Quick openHAB console access • Add Items to Sitemap with one click • Get live Item states while hovering over item names in the Editor • Show human readable Thread::sleep() times while hovering
Configuration
Learn more about the configuration options in our documentation on github.
Things Explorer demo
Sitemap Insert demo
Known Issues
Check out existing issues in the repository.
Release Notes
See CHANGELOG.md file for the details.
Contributing
Everyone is invited to improve this extension.
Check out the extension code in our GitHub repository. See Contributing.md file for further technical and formal details for contributing something to the openHAB project.
For More Information
• openHAB Documentation • openHAB Community
Enjoy!
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- icon-theme
- keybindings
- openhab
- snippet
- theme
Where openHAB sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
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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=openhab.openhab. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.