Skip to content
PluginStats

vscode-lua installs statistics

By trixnz (2 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Intellisense and Linting for Lua

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

vscode-lua has 255,109 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #1294 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 14 ratings.

PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.

Installs
255,109
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
—
Insufficient history
30-day growth
—
Insufficient history
90-day growth
—
Insufficient history
Rank
#1294
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.43 / 5 from 14 ratings

About vscode-lua

Lua for Visual Studio Code

Provides Intellisense and Linting for Lua in VSCode

Features

• [x] Autocompletion • [x] Go to Symbol • [x] Error checking • [x] Linting • [x] Formatting • [ ] Code Snippets

Installing

• Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter: • ext install vscode-lua

Alternatively, you can download the extension from the marketplace.

Settings

lua.luacheckPath (Default: null)

Specifies the path to luacheck binary (if not found on PATH).

lua.preferLuaCheckErrors (Default: false)

Specifies whether to prefer luacheck errors over the standard luaparse errors if luacheck is available.

lua.targetVersion (Default: 5.1)

Specifies the target version of Lua. Valid options: • 5.1 • 5.2 • 5.3

Can also be changed using the version selector in the bottom right of the IDE.

lua.format.lineWidth (Default: 120)

Maximum length of a line before it will be wrapped.

lua.format.indentCount (Default: 4)

Number of characters to indent.

lua.format.singleQuote (Default: false)

Whether to use single or double quotes on strings. Defaults to double quotes.

Luacheck

Support for linting is provided via luacheck. Installation instructions can be found on the luacheck repository.

Once installed, luacheck support can be activated by assigning the lua.luacheckPath setting to the path of the luacheck executable. Additionally, since luacheck provides vastly more detailed and contextually aware errors that may sometimes duplicate those created by luaparse, the setting lua.preferLuaCheckErrors can be set to true to suppress luaparse errors.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Oskar Schöldström - luaparse: A Lua parser written in JavaScript • Mikael Hermansson - node-hot: Hot-reloading for Node.js • Peter Melnichenko - luacheck: A tool for linting and static analysis of Lua code.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • linters
  • lua

Charts

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

Adoption over time

vscode-lua installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 255,109 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.vscode-luaInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days255,109installs255.1K255.1K255.1K255.1K255.1K255.1K255.1KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
vscode-lua installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 255,109 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
PNG SVG

7/30/90-day growth

vscode-lua installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.vscode-luaInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace255,109installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
vscode-lua installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
PNG SVG

Ranking history

vscode-lua VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1294 (by installs).vscode-luaVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1294current rank#1286#1288#1290#1292#1294#1296Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
vscode-lua VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1294 (by installs).
PNG SVG

Ratings over time

vscode-lua ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 14 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.vscode-luaRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days14ratings12.51313.51414.51515.5Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
vscode-lua ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 14 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
PNG SVG

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 65, #14 (overall #1,294)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order
PNG SVG

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 23, #6 (overall #446)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order
PNG SVG

Listing placement

Linters252 listings · 13 pages · page 8, #15 (overall #155)
Linters: every listing in installs order
PNG SVG

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 log 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 (4)
Recent installs observations for vscode-lua
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
255,109+38
255,071+3
255,068+14
255,054—

Similar VS Code Marketplace Programming Languages plugins

All 20 vscode-lua alternatives

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=trixnz.vscode-lua. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.