CMake installs statistics

By twxs · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

CMake langage support for Visual Studio Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

CMake has 46,787,230 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #30 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs: 46,787,230; Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth: —; Insufficient history
30-day growth: —; Insufficient history
90-day growth: —; Insufficient history
Rank: #30; Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 3.04 / 5 from 28 ratings

About CMake

CMake For VisualStudio Code

This extension provides support for CMake in Visual Studio Code.

Features

• Colorization • Completion Lists • Code comments • Snippets • Quick Help • Access To Online Help

Options

The following Visual Studio Code settings are available for the Cmake extension. These can be set in user preferences (cmd+,) or workspace settings (.vscode/settings.json).

Commands

• CMake: Online Help to go to the CMake online documentation (according to the current cmake version).

Acknowledgements

This extension based on the TextMate Syntax from this project.

Contributors

• Stanislav Ionascu • Rostislav Kondratenko

Feel free to contribute...

License

MIT

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

CMake
CMake Cache
cmake-cache
Syntax

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Charts

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

Adoption over time

CMake installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 46,787,230 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

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

Ranking history

CMake VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #30 (by installs).

Ratings over time

CMake ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 28 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 2, #10 (overall #30)

All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 1, #13 (overall #13)

Programming Languages: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Snippets489 listings · 25 pages · page 1, #4 (overall #4)

Snippets: 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 (4)

Recent installs observations for CMake
Date (UTC)	Installs	Change vs. previous	Source	Precision
Oct 19, 2026	46,787,230	+2K	Official API	Exact
Oct 18, 2026	46,785,240	+1.2K	Official API	Exact
Oct 17, 2026	46,784,057	+2.3K	Official API	Exact
Oct 16, 2026	46,781,709	—	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=twxs.cmake. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.