WideStudio is described as 'Open source, Integrated Development Environment for desktop applications purely made in Japan. This enables you to develop GUI applications that can run on Windows95/98/Me/NT/2000/Xp, WindowsCE, Linux, FreeBSD, SOLARIS, MacOSX(w/X11), BTRON, T-Engine' and is a IDE in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WideStudio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best WideStudio alternative is Sublime Text, which is free. Other great apps like WideStudio are Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, PyCharm and Code::Blocks.