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   Visual Studio Code

    1479 likes

   Free and extensible code editor with built-in Git support, smart IntelliSense, integrated debugger, 30,000+ extensions, works offline, supports markdown and syntax highlighting for numerous languages.

   234 Visual Studio Code alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Chrome OS
   • Snapcraft

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by IndigoLily · Sep 13, 2021

   Can't be used from within terminal

   Positive comment by Aleksandr Dikov · Aug 10, 2018

   VSC has very good Vi extension what helps to mix Vi experience with well-integrated Microsoft solution.

   Negative comment by filiphanes · Jul 15, 2022

   Visual Studio Code is GUI only full IDE, not terminal based efficient text editor.

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   • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryVim is Free and Open Source
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   Neovim

    205 likes

   Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

   121 Neovim alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Chocolatey
   • Flathub
   • Snapcraft

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment by Nyquist · Aug 13, 2017

   It's basically Vim, but with improvements like plugins that don't halt the user interface. At least on Linux, I'd recommend Neovim over Vim.

   Positive comment by benni347 · Oct 27, 2023

   A better more modern alternative to vim.

   Positive comment by daviwalle · May 13, 2020

   Neovim it's like Vim, but without packages that aren't needed

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   • Neovim is Free and Open SourceVim is also Free and Open Source
   • Neovim is Privacy focusedVim is not according to our users
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   Sublime Text

    2077 likes

   Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.

   219 Sublime Text alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • Australia

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   • Australia

   

   

   

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   VSCodium

    448 likes

   This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

   221 VSCodium alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Electron
   • Snapcraft
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

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   Zed Editor

    150 likes

   Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.

   118 Zed Editor alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Feb 13, 2024

   it's blazing fast, has Elm support, and is the only tool that's not frustrating for remote pairing.

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   • Zed Editor is Freemium and Open SourceVim is Free and Open Source
   • Zed Editor is Privacy focusedVim is not according to our users
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   Kate

    335 likes

   The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.

   165 Kate alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • KDE Plasma
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak
   • Snapcraft

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Jul 15, 2026

   A normal UI. Not the insane way, VIM still works. (I say that as an old fart who has programmed since before VIM even existed!) So its features are actually usable, and not hidden behind arcane key sequences. Also, and much more powerful than people think. (E.g. easily fully extensible too, with arbitrary executables, scripts, and language servers, plus an easy to understand syntax highlighting file syntax.)

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   • Kate is Free and Open SourceVim is also Free and Open Source
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   GNU Emacs

    392 likes

   GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

   206 GNU Emacs alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • Snapcraft
   • F-Droid
   • Haiku
   • Debian
   • MacPorts
   • Homebrew

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Mar 21, 2021

   Maybe much better than Vi? ;)

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   • GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceVim is also Free and Open Source
   • GNU Emacs is a Text Editor Vim is a Code Editor
   • GNU Emacs is Privacy focusedVim is not according to our users
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    Geany

     583 likes

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.

    171 Geany alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Google Antigravity

     57 likes

    Google Antigravity is an agentic IDE and coding environment designed to support real world software projects through autonomous development workflows. It provides an agent first workspace where developers set direction while AI agents carry out tasks such as coding, debugging...

    81 Google Antigravity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • AI Coding Assistant
    • IDE

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Xcode
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
    • Zed
    • JetBrains IDE

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Pulsar Editor

     51 likes

    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron

    • United States

    

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    Helix

     42 likes

    Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .

    108 Helix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Devin Desktop

     38 likes

    Windsurf Editor is an IDE merging AI and developers for lockstep collaboration with Cascade capabilities, boosting speed and contextual coding through copilot and agent-like systems across Mac, Windows, and Linux.

    116 Devin Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • AI Coding Assistant

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • United States

    

    

    

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