PluginStatsSnippets and Syntax Highlight for Gherkin (Cucumber) installs statistics
By Euclidity · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Code snippets to write scenarios faster + Syntax highlight for .feature files
Snippets and Syntax Highlight for Gherkin (Cucumber) has 204,724 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1484 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.83 / 5 from 6 ratings
About Snippets and Syntax Highlight for Gherkin (Cucumber)
Cucumber (Gherkin) Syntax and Snippets
A Visual Studio Code extension for Cucumber projects that:
• enables syntax highlight for .feature files; • offers code snippets or templates to write Gherkin scenarios faster.
How to use
The syntax highlight is applied automatically to .feature files. If that doesn't happen, you can open the Command Pallete, type Change Language Mode and select the Gherkin.
To use snippets you just need to type the prefix and press Tab. These are the snippets we provide:
• fea - Feature • sc - Scenario heading • sce - Scenario • sco - Scenario Outline • steps- Multiline steps • giv - Given step • whe - When step • the - Then step
Install
Given you have Visual Studio Code installed:
1. Open the command palette Ctrl-Shift-P (Windows, Linux) or Cmd-Shift-P (macOS). 2. Select Install Extension, search for Cucumber (Gherkin) Syntax and Snippets, install it. 3. Finally, reload Visual Studio Code.
Contribute
Feature requests or issue reports should be done here.
Feel free to help us improve this extension with pull requests at our official repository.
Acknowledgements
👏 Our big thanks to our contributors and to other libraries and resources we used to develop this extension 👏
Team
• Author: Steve Purves • Maintainer: Diogo Nunes • Contributors: (these amazing people)
Dependencies
• TextMate Syntax and Snippet definitions for Cucumber
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- cucumber
- feature
- Gherkin
- snippet
- syntax highlight
- template
Where Snippets and Syntax Highlight for Gherkin (Cucumber) sits in the listing
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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=stevejpurves.cucumber. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.