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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to VS Code

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Sublime Text Vim Notepad++ GitHub Brackets Netbeans GNU Emacs Textmate Geany Neovim

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to VS Code are Sublime Text, Vim, and Notepad++. 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.
  1. 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

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 3 social mentions

  2. 2

    Vim

    Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 10 social mentions

  3. A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 176 social mentions

  4. 4
    Originally founded as a project to simplify sharing code, GitHub has grown into an application used by over a million people to store over two million code repositories, making GitHub the largest code host in the world.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Version Control #Git 2470 social mentions

  5. A modern, open source text editor that understands web design
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 48 social mentions

  6. 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

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 17 social mentions

  7. GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editorโ€”and more.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 6 social mentions

  8. TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 16 social mentions

  9. 9
    Lightweight IDE for Linux and Windows
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 6 social mentions

  10. 10
    Vim's rebirth for the 21st century
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 117 social mentions

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    Git

    Git is a free and open source version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. It is easy to learn and lightweight with lighting fast performance that outclasses competitors.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Git #Code Collaboration 319 social mentions

  12. The missing package manager for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager 944 social mentions

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  1. User avatar
    InfraSketch
    ยท 6 months ago
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    I use this everyday.

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    Genglin@BulkPicTools
    ยท 6 months ago
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    My absolute daily driver for development. It strikes the perfect balance between a lightweight text editor and a full-blown IDE. The extension ecosystem is unmatched, and the continuous updates keep making it better. Can't imagine coding without it!

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    Seedances
    ยท 11 months ago
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    Nice tool helps me a lot.

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    Gordon2297
    ยท almost 2 years ago
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    My second startup development buddy.

  5. Stan Bright avatar
    Stan Bright
    ยท almost 2 years ago
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    VS Code has become a standard nowadays.

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    Snap Pixel Editor
    ยท over 2 years ago
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    As a code editor, visual studio is just awesome and amazing code editor. Its interface, functionalities and integration are amazing.

  7. Fraser Stewart avatar
    Fraser Stewart
    ยท over 2 years ago
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    Learning to code & VSC is a great tool

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    Dream100-AI
    ยท over 2 years ago
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    Top IDE for developers