Alternative apps to Visual Studio Code:
  • 66 votes
    Sublime Text 4.4205
    Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.
    • Free to Try
    • Windows, macOS, Linux
  • 514 votes
    Visual Studio 2019 16.11.55
    Build for any platform in any language with Visual Studio 2019. IDE, DevOps, code editor and more.
    • Freeware
    • Windows
  • 103 votes
    Visual Studio 2022 17.14.31
    Comprehensive IDE for .NET and C++ developers on Windows. Fully packed with tools and features to elevate and enhance every stage of software development.
    • Freeware
    • Windows
  • 22 votes
    Eclipse IDE 2025-12
    Eclipse IDE is a leading open platform for professional developers.
    • Freeware
    • Windows, macOS, Linux
  • 319 votes
    Notepad++ 8.9.6.4
    Notepad++ is a free, open-source text and source code editor for Windows.
    • Freeware
    • Windows
  • 7 votes
    MonoDevelop 6.12.0
    MonoDevelop enables developers to quickly write desktop and web applications on Linux, Windows and macOS.
    • Freeware
    • Windows
  • 2480 votes
    Visual Studio 2017 15.9
    Developer tools and services for any platform with any language. IDE, DevOps, code editor and more.
    • Freeware
    • Windows
  • 17 votes
    Apache NetBeans 29.1
    Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile, and web applications with Java, JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more.
    • Freeware
    • Windows, macOS, Linux
  • 4.7/5
    3 votes
    Zeus IDE 3.99e
    An IDE letting you code like Mozart rather than coding nursery rhymes.
    • Free to Try
    • Windows
  • 4.2/5
    5 votes
    Git for Windows 2.54.0
    Git allows and encourages you to have multiple local branches that can be entirely independent of each other.
    • Freeware
    • Windows
  • 15 votes
    SharpDevelop 5.1.0.5216
    SharpDevelop is the open-source IDE for the .NET platform.
    • Freeware
    • Windows
  • 3/5
    2 votes
    Google Antigravity 2.1.4
    Google's AI powered agent-first integrated development environment (IDE).
    • Freeware
    • Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Not rated yet
    0 votes
    Nextpad++ for Mac 1.0.5
    Nextpad++ for Mac is the free, native macOS build of the popular open-source code editor, Notepad++.
    • Freeware
    • macOS
  • Not rated yet
    0 votes
    PrimalScript 2019
    The leading Universal Scripting IDE for all your administrative and web-development tasks.
    • Free to Try
    • Windows