CodePen Alternatives

CodePen is described as 'A communal platform for front-end development offering real-time previews, project building, and showcases, enhancing skills through challenges' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to CodePen, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best CodePen alternative is jsFiddle, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to CodePen are Replit, Firebase Studio, Qoder IDE and CodeSandbox.

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  1. ShiftEdit icon
     28 likes

    online IDE.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ShiftEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to CodePen.

    • ShiftEdit is Paid and ProprietaryCodePen is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. snippet.host icon
     13 likes

    snippet.host is a minimal text and code snippet hosting. With memorable domain name, it is free, lightweight, with no ads or cookies. Features include syntax highlighting in multiple languages, easy-to-use API and Tor hidden service support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  3. Spck Editor icon
     3 likes

    A full-fledged, embeddable, online editor for private, offline web projects. Integrates with Github, and is also mobile friendly!.

    30 Spck Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
     
  4. ViperIDE icon
     1 like

    An innovative MicroPython IDE for web and mobile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. shelf.gg icon
     9 likes

    shelf.gg is an open source pastebin that makes it easy to find and share lists of resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux Mobile
     
  6. BoxCoding icon
     1 like

    BoxCoding is a website for frontend developers featuring hundreds of community-made CSS and HTML UI elements. All elements are open source and free to use. Explore Elements and Free Source Code in HTML, CSS and JavaScript that can be used in your next project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7.  1 like

    js.do is a JavaScript online source code editor. When you need to write and test JavaScript code, it's very useful to have a simple page where you can paste or type your code and run online tests, save and share snippets of code or full javascript projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Trae Plugin icon
     7 likes

    Trae Plugin is an AI-powered cloud-based IDE (Integrated Development Environment). The built-in AI Assistant and the out-of-the-box development environment let you focus more on the development of various projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  9. Atheos IDE icon
     6 likes

    Atheos is a web-based IDE framework with a small footprint and minimal requirements, built on top of Codiad by FluidByte and the Codiad Team.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. JSArena icon
     3 likes

    Simple Code Editor for playing with Javascript and Conducting Interviews. New alternative for JSBin and JSFiddle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. CodeJS icon
     1 like

    CodeJS is a powerful, free online code editor that serves as an excellent alternative to JSBin, CodePen, and JSFiddle. What sets it apart is its unique integration of three AI assistants.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Online
     
  12. Coding Ground icon
     15 likes

    Compile and Execute your favorite programming languages online, click any of the following to proceed! Web Technologies, Text Formatting, Useful Utilities, Programming Languages. Vim, emacs modes are avaliable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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