Top 9 Open-Source Alternatives to Eclipse CDT

Eclipse CDT

The Eclipse Foundation - home to a global community, the Eclipse IDE, Jakarta EE and over 350 open source projects, including runtimes, tools and frameworks.

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Developer Tools IDE IDEs And Text Editors Software Development Text Editors

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Eclipse CDT are CLion, CodeLite, and Visual Studio Code. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

CLion Landing Page
1

CLion

A cross-platform IDE for C and C++
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Text Editors #Software Development
CodeLite Landing Page
2

CodeLite

CodeLite is an open-source, cross platform IDE for the C/C++/PHP and Node.js programming languages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Text Editors #Software Development 8 social mentions
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
3

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1024 social mentions
Vim Landing Page
4

Vim

Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #Software Development #IDE 10 social mentions
GNU Emacs Landing Page
5

GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 6 social mentions
Netbeans Landing Page
6

Netbeans

NetBeans IDE 7.0. Develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, PHP, C/C++ and more. Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. NetBeans IDE is open-source and free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Text Editors #Software Development 15 social mentions
Sublime Text Landing Page
7

Sublime Text

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.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 3 social mentions
Neovim Landing Page
8

Neovim

Vim's rebirth for the 21st century
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 96 social mentions
Spacemacs Landing Page
9

Spacemacs

Community-driven Emacs distribution that meshes Emacs and Vim features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 6 social mentions