PluginStatsSave as Root in Remote - SSH installs statistics
By yy0931 (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Edit configuration files with root privileges while using the Remote - SSH extension
Save as Root in Remote - SSH has 328,033 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1090 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 31 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 31 ratings
About Save as Root in Remote - SSH
Save as Root in Remote - SSH
This extension saves files with root privileges on Linux or macOS environments connected with Remote - SSH, is an easy solution to FileSystemProvider: no way of handling permissions issues [#48659](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/48659).
Usage
Select Save as Root in the command palette (F1, Ctrl+Shift+P, or Cmd+Shift+P).
Alternatively, you can use Save as Specified User... command to save as a non-root user.
This extension also adds the New File as Root... option to the explorer's context menu when the window is connected to a remote folder.
Contributing
If you find a bug or have a suggestion, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request to the GitHub repository.
(For VS Code Extension Authors) Listening to Save Events from This Extension
Saving a document using this extension does not trigger the standard VS Code save events (vscode.workspace.onDidSaveTextDocument and vscode.workspace.onWillSaveTextDocument).
To listen for save events from this extension:
1. Modify your extension's activate() function to return an object with the following functions. (Returning an object from activate is the standard way to export an API from an extension. See https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api#extensions)
2. Add your extension's ID to "save-as-root.extensionsToNotifyOnSave" in the VS Code settings as shown below. You can open a GitHub issue requesting the inclusion of your extension's ID in the default value of "save-as-root.extensionsToNotifyOnSave".
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- remote
- root
- ssh
- sudo
Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
Ratings over time
Listing placement
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)Similar VS Code Marketplace Other plugins
All 20 Save as Root in Remote - SSH alternativesData 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=yy0931.save-as-root. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.