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GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more.

GNU Emacs Alternatives

The best GNU Emacs alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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    Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft

    Open Source

  2. 237

    At GitHub, we’re building the text editor we’ve always wanted: hackable to the core, but approachable on the first day without ever touching a config file. We can’t wait to see what you build with it.

  3. Flagsmith lets you manage feature flags and remote config across web, mobile and server side applications. Deliver true Continuous Integration. Get builds out faster. Control who has access to new features. We're Open Source.

    Try for free Open Source freemium

  4. 289

    Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing

    Open Source

  5. 236

    Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Fully customizable with macros, and syntax highlighting for most major languages.

    Open Source

  6. 118

    Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.

  7. 135

    Capable and Ergonomic IDE for JVM

  8. 104

    Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA

  9. 110

    Xcode is Apple’s powerful integrated development environment for creating great apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Xcode 4 includes the Xcode IDE, instruments, iOS Simulator, and the latest Mac OS X and iOS SDKs.

  10. 116

    Python & Django IDE with intelligent code completion, on-the-fly error checking, quick-fixes, and much more...

  11. 149

    A modern, open source text editor that understands web design

    Open Source

  12. 126

    The smartest JavaScript IDE

  13. 122

    Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format.

  14. 108

    Cross-platform IDE for productive Ruby & Rails development.

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