Windows opacity installs statistics

By SkaceKachna · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Changes opacity of Code windows on Windows using Windows API

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 21, 2026

Windows opacity has 128,645 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #2040 of 2,502 tracked listings.

Installs: 128,645; Official API · Oct 21, 2026
7-day growth: —; Insufficient history
30-day growth: —; Insufficient history
90-day growth: —; Insufficient history
Rank: #2040; Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.60 / 5 from 10 ratings

About Windows opacity

Features

Changes opacity of all Code windows to predefined value

Screenshot

Requirements

64bit version of Visual Studio Code
Windows 2000 or newer

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

winopacity.opacity: window opacity in range of 0-255, where 0 is invisible window

Development notes

It's important to run rebuild script after installing node modules.

npm install
npm run rebuild

This rebuilds native modules to be used in electron based applications.

Credits

drywolf - part of code used to find vscode windows, found here

Marketplace

Marketplace link

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

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Charts

Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark

Adoption over time

Windows opacity installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 128,645 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Windows opacity installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Windows opacity VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #2040 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Windows opacity ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 10 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,502 listings · 126 pages · 1,253 shown · page 102, #20 (overall #2,040)

All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other762 listings · 39 pages · page 31, #16 (overall #616)

Other: every listing in installs order

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.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

Full history (6)

Recent installs observations for Windows opacity
Date (UTC)	Installs	Change vs. previous	Source	Precision
Oct 21, 2026	128,645	+24	Official API	Exact
Oct 20, 2026	128,621	+14	Official API	Exact
Oct 19, 2026	128,607	+10	Official API	Exact
Oct 18, 2026	128,597	+10	Official API	Exact
Oct 17, 2026	128,587	+17	Official API	Exact
Oct 16, 2026	128,570	—	Official API	Exact

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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=skacekachna.win-opacity. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 21, 2026. See the methodology.