Bloodshed Dev-C++ is described as 'Full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as it's compiler. Dev-C++ can also be used in combination with Cygwin or any other GCC based compiler' and is a popular IDE in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bloodshed Dev-C++ for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best Bloodshed Dev-C++ alternative is Microsoft Visual Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Microsoft Visual Studio or Eclipse. Other great apps like Bloodshed Dev-C++ are PyCharm, Code::Blocks, Xcode and Qt Creator.