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VS Code Alternatives & Competitors

The best VS Code alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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  1. 591

    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.

    Key Sublime Text features:

    Speed Customizability Package Control Multi-Platform Support

    Open Source

    /sublime-text-alternatives
  2. 492

    Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing.

    Key Vim features:

    Efficiency Lightweight Customizability Ubiquity

    Open Source

    /vim-alternatives
  3. Clear, Fast & Unlimited. Residential & Mobile Proxies For Best Price.

    Key ASocks features:

    HTTP Socks5 ASN targeting Pay as you go

    Try for free paid Free Trial $3.0 (3$ per 1 Gb)

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  4. 330

    A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.

    Key Notepad++ features:

    Free and Open Source Lightweight and Fast Syntax Highlighting Plugin Support

    Open Source

    /notepad-plus-plus-alternatives
  5. 276

    Capable and Ergonomic IDE for JVM.

    Key IntelliJ IDEA features:

    Intelligent Code Completion Powerful Refactoring Integrated Version Control Rich Plugin Ecosystem

    /intellij-idea-alternatives
  6. 241

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

    Key Microsoft Visual Studio features:

    Comprehensive Development Environment Rich Feature Set IntelliSense Integration with Azure and Other Microsoft Services

    /microsoft-visual-studio-alternatives
  7. 192

    Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications.

    Key Node.js features:

    Asynchronous and Event-Driven JavaScript Everywhere Large Community and NPM High Performance

    /node-js-alternatives
  8. 187

    Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA.

    Key Android Studio features:

    Comprehensive Development Environment Rich Features Integrated Emulator Official Support

    /android-studio-alternatives
  9. 163

    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.

    Key GitHub features:

    collaboration integration version_control community

    Open Source

    /github-alternatives
  10. 247

    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.

    Key Netbeans features:

    Open Source Modular Architecture Multi-Language Support Strong Java Support

    Open Source

    /netbeans-alternatives
  11. 184

    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.

    Key Xcode features:

    Integrated Development Environment Interface Builder Swift and Objective-C Support Simulator

    /xcode-alternatives
  12. 247

    A modern, open source text editor that understands web design.

    Key Brackets features:

    Open Source Live Preview Preprocessor Support Inline Editors

    Open Source

    /brackets-alternatives
  13. 270

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

    Key GNU Emacs features:

    Highly Extensible Rich Plugin Ecosystem Versatile Free and Open Source

    Open Source

    /gnu-emacs-alternatives
  14. 172

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

    Key PyCharm features:

    Comprehensive IDE Smart Code Navigation Integrated Tools Built-in Developer Assistance

    /pycharm-alternatives
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  1. Gordon2297 avatar
    Gordon2297
    · 8 months ago
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    My second startup development buddy.

  2. Stan Bright avatar
    Stan Bright
    · 10 months ago
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    VS Code has become a standard nowadays.

  3. Snap Pixel Editor avatar
    Snap Pixel Editor
    · about 1 year ago
    · Reply

    As a code editor, visual studio is just awesome and amazing code editor. Its interface, functionalities and integration are amazing.

  4. Fraser Stewart avatar
    Fraser Stewart
    · about 1 year ago
    · Reply

    Learning to code & VSC is a great tool

  5. User avatar
    Dream100-AI
    · over 1 year ago
    · Reply

    Top IDE for developers