MonoDevelop Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to MonoDevelop for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Microsoft Visual Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Microsoft Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MonoDevelop and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to MonoDevelop are Delphi, Ultimate++, OmniSharp and RAD Studio.

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  1. Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for building diverse digital solutions. It supports over 36 programming languages, includes a code editor with IntelliSense, a debugger, and designers for GUI, web, and databases. The Community edition is free and integrates with GitHub Copilot.

    113 Microsoft Visual Studio alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • .NET Framework
     
  2. JetBrains Rider icon
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    JetBrains Rider is a powerful integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically for developing .NET applications. With its intuitive and feature-rich interface, Rider provides developers with a seamless coding experience across multiple platforms, including Windows...

    13 JetBrains Rider alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  3. SharpDevelop icon
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    #develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft's .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode and executables.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
     
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  4. Delphi icon
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    Embarcadero Delphi, formerly CodeGear Delphi and Borland Delphi, is a software development environment for Microsoft Windows applications originally developed by Borland and now owned and developed by Embarcadero Technologies.

    41 Delphi alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. Ultimate++ icon
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    Ultimate++, also called U++, is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.

    58 Ultimate++ alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6.  1 like

    OmniSharp is a family of Open Source projects, each with one goal - To enable great .NET development in YOUR editor of choice.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. RAD Studio icon
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    Embarcadero RAD Studio is the industry’s most powerful rapid application development suite for visually building GUI-intensive, data-driven end-user applications for both native Windows and .NET. RAD Studio includes Delphi, C++Builder and Delphi Prism, enabling you to deliver...

    38 RAD Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. CodeTyphon icon
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    CodeTyphon is a fork/distribution of Lazarus with thousands of Lazarus/Free Pascal components bundled into distribution and with own Lazarus expansion features.

    27 CodeTyphon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. Cevelop icon
     12 likes

    The C++ IDE for professional developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. kodeWeave icon
     25 likes

    kodeWeave is a realtime coding playground for HTML, CSS and Javascript. Similar to JSFiddle and JSBin, but kodeWeave was made to work offline but also as a prototyping application to build applications for desktop operating systems while on mobile devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. UEStudio icon
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    UEStudio offers all the functionality of UltraEdit plus other exciting and powerful features! Whether you are simply editing text, building applications, maintaining databases, or constructing websites, UEStudio's stunning array of innovative features offers the...

    80 UEStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  12. LiveCode icon
     13 likes

    Enables development of cross-platform applications from a single codebase with minimal modification, offering native deployment on Windows, Mac, Linux, web browsers, servers, and mobile devices, with both open-source and proprietary licensing options for royalty-free distribution.

    26 LiveCode alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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