# Live Preview

Visual Studio Code extension that hosts a local web server in the workspace and previews HTML files in the editor or in a browser.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/vscode-livepreview/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-livepreview
- docs: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/blob/v0.4.20/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Microsoft Corporation
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: VS Code Marketplace: ext install ms-vscode.live-server

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 603
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 23
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/blob/v0.4.20/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/blob/v0.4.20/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.live-server (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/blob/v0.4.20/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/releases?per_page=100 (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode-livepreview/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Live Preview is an extension for Visual Studio Code that hosts a local web server in the workspace, so HTML files can be previewed through it. The preview opens in the editor or in an external browser. The extension is installed from the Visual Studio Marketplace under the identifier `ms-vscode.live-server`, and the [repository](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-livepreview) holds its source under the MIT license.

## Worth knowing

The README opens with a warning that the extension is still under development.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0