vscode-lua installs statistics
By trixnz (2 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Intellisense and Linting for Lua
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.
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
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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.