Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.

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Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.

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Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Javascript MarkDown support Lightweight Syntax Highlighting Mercurial support Version and Source control Dark theme Plugin support Autocompletion Bugs GIT support Code completion Intellisense Multiple cursors C# Scripting Embedded debugger Built in Terminal Git integration

The Best 144 Visual Studio Code Alternatives

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PyCharm

Python and Django IDE with refactorings, code completion, on-the-fly code analysis and other features, including version control integration, deployment, integration with issue trackers, and remote debugging.

Open Source Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

GitHub integration Code completion Code formatting Refactoring Embedded debugger Git integration Compare Source Code
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Codenvy

Codenvy let's developers contribute to a project in seconds without installing software. Modify, run and debug code in the cloud or on-prem with no software to install.

Freemium Web

Java IDE Support for NodeJS Cloud IDE
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TextWrangler

TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool. At its most basic, a text editor is a tool for simply editing text.

Free Mac OS X

Support for Unicode Search and replace
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UltraEdit

UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux
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Xcode

Xcode is Apple's premiere development environment for Mac OS X.

Free Mac OS X

Exe Compiler Integrated Development Environment
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SciTE

SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs.

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Xfce
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jEdit

jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with a large collection of plugins.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
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WebStorm

JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform. WebStorm provides automatic code completion, on-the-fly code analysis, refactoring support and VCS integration.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux
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Espresso

espresso is a powerful text editor for web developers, from the creators of cssedit .

Commercial Mac OS X

Syntax Highlighting Code completion Live css editing
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AkelPad

A simple notepad-like text editor with many features. It is designed to be a small and fast. User interface in 20 languages.

Free Open Source Windows
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Smultron

Smultron is a text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users.

Commercial Mac OS X
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EmEditor

EmEditor is a fast Unicode text editor for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 supporting large files, scriptable macros, CSV files, keyword highlighting and more.

Commercial Windows

Support for Unicode Import CSV data Windows Explorer integration Support for Large File
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Leafpad

Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD MacPorts Cygwin

Lightweight Drag n drop
54 Like

programmers notepad

Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes. These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.

Free Open Source Windows
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TextPad

TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements.

Commercial Windows
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Light Table

Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
41 Like

Orwell Dev-C++

Orwell Dev-C++ is a Portable (IDE) Integrated Development Environment and Compiler for the C++ programming language. It's a maintained version of Dev-C++ which features an updated MinGW compiler and updated code.

Free Open Source Windows
38 Like

EditPad Lite

EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor, designed to be small & compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor.

Free Personal Windows

Minimalistic Portable Multiple languages Support for Large File
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metapad

Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features.

Free Open Source Windows
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ReText

ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

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The Best Visual Studio Code alternatives for Customizable, from Extensible by Plugins/Extensions to a Support for Javascript.
Alternatives in Visual Studio Code for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, BSD, Web, Xfce, MacPorts, Cygwin, Electron / Atom Shell. This list contains a total of 144 applications similar to Visual Studio Code.

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The Best 144 Visual Studio Code Alternatives

PyCharm

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TextWrangler

UltraEdit

Xcode

SciTE

jEdit

WebStorm

Espresso

AkelPad

Smultron

EmEditor

Leafpad

programmers notepad

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