Open VSX vs VS Code Marketplace — where should you publish your extension first?
The author shares their experience of publishing a personal theme extension on both Open VSX and the VS Code Marketplace. Surprisingly, the Open VSX platform garnered significantly more downloads compared to the VS Code Marketplace. This led the author to conclude that Open VSX has a more engaged audience for developer tools and themes.
- ▪The author's extension received over 5,200 downloads on Open VSX compared to just 56 on the VS Code Marketplace within the same period.
- ▪Open VSX is an open-source extension registry used by editors that cannot access the official Microsoft Marketplace.
- ▪The author suggests that developers targeting themes or productivity tools should consider publishing on Open VSX first due to its more engaged audience.
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