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Top Alternatives to Visual Studio Code

Looking for Visual Studio Code alternatives? We've curated 50 top alternatives that offer similar functionality. Whether you need options, free plans, or open source solutions, explore our comprehensive list to find the perfect fit for your needs.

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Notepad++

Notepad++

Open Source

Notepad++ is a free open source notepad replacement and code editor with nice features. It supports syntax highlighting for many languages and has an extension system as well.

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Sublime Text

Sublime Text

Freemium

Sublime Text is a code editor and syntax highlighter with advanced features which can be enhanced with extensions too.

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Eclipse

Eclipse

Open Source

Eclipse is a free and open source IDE - Integrated Development Platform.

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Vim

Vim

Open Source

Vim is an open source advanced text editor.

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Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio

Free Personal

Microsoft Visual Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from Microsoft Corporation.

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NetBeans

NetBeans

Open Source

NetBeans is Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developing complex applications.

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Atom

Atom

Open Source

Atom is a free open-source code editor from Github.

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gedit

gedit

Open Source

gedit is a free and open-source code editor.

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Geany

Geany

Open Source

Geany is a text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment.

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Aptana Studio

Aptana Studio

Open Source

Aptana Studio is a free open-source web development IDE

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Brackets

Brackets

Open Source

Brackets is an open-source editor written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with a primary focus on web development.

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GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs

Open Source

GNU Emacs is the most popular and most ported Emacs text editor.

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Coda

Coda

Commercial

Coda is a distributed file system developed as a research project.

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IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA

Freemium

IntelliJ IDEA is a Java integrated development environment (IDE).

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TextMate

TextMate

Commercial

TextMate is a graphical text editor for OS X 10.8+.

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Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit

Open Source

Komodo Edit is a free text editor for dynamic programming languages.

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PSPad

PSPad

Free

PSPad is a freeware programmer's editor for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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PhpStorm

PhpStorm

Commercial

JetBrains PhpStorm is a commercial, cross-platform IDE for PHP built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform.

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GNU nano

GNU nano

Open Source

GNU nano is a text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface.

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Codenvy

Codenvy

Freemium

Codenvy builds upon Eclipse Che to provide one-click developer environments, team onboarding and collaboration, and a workspace platform for DevOps.

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Kate

Kate

Open Source

KDE Advanced Text Editor (KATE) is a free and opensource text editor.

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TextWrangler

TextWrangler is an all-purpose text and code editor for Mac OS X, based on the same award-winning technology as BBEdit.

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UltraEdit

UltraEdit

Commercial

UltraEdit is the world's best text editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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SciTE

SciTE

Open Source

SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor.

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Bluefish Editor

Bluefish Editor

Open Source

Bluefish is a free software advanced text editor with a variety of tools for programming in general and the development of dynamic websites.

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jEdit

jEdit

Open Source

jEdit is a free software text editor available under the GNU General Public License version 2.0. It is written in Java and runs on any operating system with Java support, including BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

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Espresso

Espresso

Commercial

Espresso helps you write, code, design, build and publish with flair and efficiency.

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WebStorm

WebStorm

Commercial

WebStorm is a lightweight yet powerful JavaScript IDE, perfectly equipped for client-side development and server-side development with Node.js.

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PyCharm

PyCharm

Commercial

PyCharm is cross-platform, with Windows, macOS and Linux versions.

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Leafpad

Leafpad

Open Source

Leafpad is an open source text editor for Linux, BSD, and Maemo.

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EmEditor

EmEditor

Commercial

EmEditor is a lightweight extensible commercial text editor for Microsoft Windows.

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VSCodium

VSCodium

Open Source

VSCodium is an OpenSource repo of Free or Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VSCode.

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Programmer's Notepad

Programmer's Notepad

Open Source

Programmers Notepad(PN1) is an open-source text editor targeted at users who work with source code.

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TextPad

TextPad

Commercial

TextPad is a text editor for the Windows.

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Light Table

Light Table

Open Source

Light Table is the next generation code editor. Light Table Connects you to your creation with instant feedback and showing data values flow through your code.

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Komodo IDE

Komodo IDE

Commercial

Komodo IDE is an integrated development environment (IDE) for dynamic programming languages.

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EditPad Lite

EditPad Lite

Free Personal

EditPad Lite a text editor with all the necessary basic features. Free for non-commercial use. An ideal replacement for Notepad.

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Peppermint

Peppermint

Commercial

Peppermint is a Code editor for OSX.

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BBEdit

BBEdit

Commercial

BBEdit is a proprietary text editor.

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ReText

ReText

Open Source

ReText: Simple but powerful editor for Markdown and reStructuredText.

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EditPlus

EditPlus

Commercial

EditPlus is a text editor for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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MacVim

MacVim

Open Source

Vim text editor for Mac OS X.

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RJ TextEd

RJ TextEd

Free

RJ TextEd is a freeware Unicode text and source code editor for Windows, that can also be used as a simple web development tool.

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Textadept

Textadept

Open Source

Textadept is a free software minimalist text editor designed for computer programming.

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Scribes

Scribes

Open Source

Scribes is a minimalist text editor that combines simplicity with power.

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SynWrite

SynWrite

Open Source

SynWrite is a free source code editor, HTML editor, and Notepad replacement for Windows systems.

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Lime Text

Lime Text

Open Source

Lime Text is an Open Source, Elegant, and Free Text Editor.

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Neovim

Neovim

Open Source

Vim is a clone of vi text editor program for Unix.

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Caret

Caret

Free

Caret is a professional text editing for Chrome and Chrome OS.

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HTML-Kit

HTML-Kit

Commercial

HTML-Kit is an HTML editor for Microsoft Windows.

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