# Install vsce

Tool for packaging, publishing and managing VS Code extensions. Version 3.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:vsce
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vsce
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#vsce
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vs/vsce/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:vsce
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vsce>
- **Version:** 3.9.2
- **Source summary:** Tool for packaging, publishing and managing VS Code extensions
- **Homepage:** <https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension#vsce>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-vsce>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/@vscode/vsce/-/vsce-3.9.2.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-03T23:08:04Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- vsce (cli)
- vsce (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 3.9.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-03
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension#vsce
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** vsce
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - vsce: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vs/vsce/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related Links

- [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [vscode-langservers-extracted](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/vscode-langservers-extracted/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, visual-studio-code, vscode.
- [code-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/code-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, extensions, vscode.
- [charmcraft](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/charmcraft/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging, publishing.
- [poetry](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/poetry/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging.
- [pipenv](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pipenv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging.
- [goreleaser](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/goreleaser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging.
- [create-dmg](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/create-dmg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging.
- [pdm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pdm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, packaging.
- [@vscode/vsce](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/npm/vscode-vsce/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: code, extension, extensions, node, vs.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph