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.
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The best IDE alternative to Zed Editor is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Zed Editor and many of them are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to Zed Editor are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Vim and Eclipse.
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- 202 Visual Studio Code alternatives
192 Sublime Text alternativesPowerful 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.
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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Mac
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- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
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196 VSCodium alternativesThis 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Electron
- Snapcraft
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
213 Vim alternativesVim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
147 Eclipse alternativesEclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...
144 Kate alternativesThe 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
152 Geany alternativesGeany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Flatpak
- Haiku
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105 Neovim alternativesRefactored 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chocolatey
- Flathub
- Snapcraft
181 GNU Emacs alternativesGNU 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:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- F-Droid
- Haiku
- Debian
- MacPorts
- Homebrew
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97 Apache NetBeans alternativesA free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and...
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60 IntelliJ IDEA alternativesIntelliJ IDEA is the JetBrains IDE for pro development in Java and Kotlin. Built for your comfort, it unlocks productivity, ensures quality code, supports cutting-edge tech, and protects your privacy.
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57 PyCharm alternativesCross-platform IDE for Python and Django with refactoring capabilities, code completion, VCS integration, deployment, issue tracking, remote debugging, and Community Edition, though lacking database support and web technologies.
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