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By tintinweb (7 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Graphviz (dot) Interactive Preview

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Graphviz Interactive Preview has 551,579 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #803 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
551,579
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#803
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.46 / 5 from 24 ratings

About Graphviz Interactive Preview

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Graphviz Interactive Preview (Visual Studio Code Extension)

A VSCode extension that provides syntax highlighting, snippets, and an interactive, zoom-, pan- and searchable, live preview with edge tracing for graphs in Graphviz / dot format.

graphviz_v01

Language Features

  • Graphviz/Dot Language Support / Syntax Highlighting and Snippets (thanks @joaompinto)
  • AutoCompletion
  • Rename Symbols
  • Find References of node IDs
  • Color selection via Color decoration
  • Hover information for settings
  • Shows syntax errors (only available when the preview of the document is active)
<img width="472" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/163130099-30227a10-e471-4fe0-9564-1d3338f09726.png"> <img width="303" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/27259/161251962-6aa3792c-70da-4f48-a9fa-5933012fede2.png"> <img width="576" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/163143275-05f0547b-ce69-43ce-af66-ed76b1f7aa88.png">

Interactivity Features

  • Renders dot/Graphviz sources in an interactive live preview.
  • Updates preview as you type.
  • Search for nodes in the graph.
  • Export the graph as svg or dot.
  • Interactive edge tracing. Click on a node to highlight incoming and outgoing edges (ESC to unselect). The Direction of the highlighting can be changed (options: single, upstream, downstream, bidirectional)
  • Configurable render engine, render options & tracing preference: e.g. transitionDelay, transitionDuration.

graphviz_v01_open <img width="576" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/27259/161146471-6fb269df-5e3a-4f71-ab6e-37391b33c09c.png">

Other features

  • Available on github.dev, vscode.dev
  • Developers: you can pass a callback function that receives the webPanel when executing the preview command. This allows you to override functionality that is provided by the webPanel, like handlers for click/dblClick events.

How to preview

Open a Graphviz/Dot file in the active editor and use either of the following methods to render the preview:

  • (a) open the command prompt (<kbd>cmd</kbd>+<kbd>shift</kbd>+<kbd>p</kbd>) and type > graphviz preview
  • (b) click the <img width="35" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/155575822-720a76d0-68a8-481f-92b4-752d8c6e6242.png"> button in the editor title
  • (c) from the editor window's context menu, select Preview Graphviz / Dot (beside)
<img width="200" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/154029863-7d7dd582-2b9a-480c-b0de-bcccb9136ae4.png"> <img width="400" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/155575303-8c429902-5599-47cf-855f-c9694a32b829.png">

Render Examples

<a href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163516-fbb956ab-607c-45dc-8c83-db3477ceccf9.png"><img width="250" alt="semantic-arg-dark" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163516-fbb956ab-607c-45dc-8c83-db3477ceccf9.png" ></a> <a href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163623-8714f717-a4ed-428c-bd87-213c8035892d.png"><img width="250" alt="semantic-arg-dark" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163623-8714f717-a4ed-428c-bd87-213c8035892d.png" ></a> <a href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163732-0a0113c6-7328-4345-b71a-7df782aa0387.png"><img width="250" alt="semantic-arg-dark" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163732-0a0113c6-7328-4345-b71a-7df782aa0387.png" ></a> <a href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163840-ceb6d75e-983d-4126-9169-6431d1dbfe1d.png"><img width="250" alt="semantic-arg-dark" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2865694/151163840-ceb6d75e-983d-4126-9169-6431d1dbfe1d.png" ></a>

Developer Notes

Note:❗v0.0.8 introduced a breaking change: the render command was renamed from interactive-graphviz.preview.beside to graphviz-interactive-preview.preview.beside

The extension can be set run on development machines with

npm run watch

In order to test the extension as a web extension you have to start

npm run open-in-browser
Interact with this extension
  • add graphviz-interactive-preview to your package.json extension dependencies.
{
    "name": "your-extension",
    "extensionDependencies": ["tintinweb.graphviz-interactive-preview"],
}
```…

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • dot
  • graphviz
  • Graphviz (DOT)
  • interactive
  • preview
  • snippet

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Adoption over time

Graphviz Interactive Preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 551,579 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Graphviz Interactive PreviewInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days551,579installs551.1K551.2K551.3K551.4K551.5K551.6KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Graphviz Interactive Preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 551,579 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Graphviz Interactive Preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Graphviz Interactive PreviewInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace551,579installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Graphviz Interactive Preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Graphviz Interactive Preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #803 (by installs).Graphviz Interactive PreviewVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#803current rank#801#802#803#804#805#806#807Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Graphviz Interactive Preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #803 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Graphviz Interactive Preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Graphviz Interactive PreviewRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days24ratings21222324252627Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Graphviz Interactive Preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 41, #3 (overall #803)
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Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 16, #1 (overall #301)
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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=tintinweb.graphviz-interactive-preview. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.