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  Eclipse

  Open Source by Eclipse Foundation, Inc. |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  Eclipse 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...

    Development   php, programming, ide, java, python, perl

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  NetBeans

  Open Source by Netbeans Open Source Community |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  A 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,...

    Development   development, php, ide, java, ruby, cpp, groovy

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  Aptana Studio

  Open Source by Aptana |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help you and your team do more. Includes...

    Development, Office & Productivity   collaboration, php, web-development, css, ftp-support

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  QT Creator

  Open Source by digia |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) tailored to the needs of Qt developers. It includes: * An advanced C++ code editor * Integrated GUI layout and forms...

    Development   programming, developer-tools, ide, developer

  +10 more code-editor, debugger, suite, environment, development-suite, programmer, gui-designer, multi-platform, gui-builder, code-management

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  Code::Blocks

  Open Source by Code::Blocks Team |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  Code::Blocks is a free C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable. An IDE with all the features a developer need, having a...

    Development   portable http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=FAQ-Settings#Q:_How_do_I_make_Code::Blocks_portable.3F, development, programming, ide, c-plus-plus

  +7 more mingw, gcc, gdb, ide-for-c, dev-c, wxsmith, ms-vc

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  Komodo Edit

  Open Source by ActiveState |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. Switching your trusty code editor is hard, but give Komodo Edit (or its big brother Komodo IDE) a try: it'll be worth your while. Windows,...

    Development   text-editor, code-editor, html-editor, php-editor

  +4 more macros, python-editor, javascript-editor, perl-editor

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  MonoDevelop

  Open Source by Novell |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  MonoDevelop is a cross-platform IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages. MonoDevelop enables developers to quickly write desktop and ASP.NET Web applications on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX....

    Development   development, web-development, dotnet

  +2 more development-suite, .net-framework

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  Visual Web Developer Express

  Free by Microsoft |

  Windows

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  A free stripped down version of Visual Studio aimed at web development in .net framework.

    Development   web-development, text-editor, ide, wysiwyg, dotnet

  +1 more net-framework

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  Bloodshed Dev-C++

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  This application has been discontinued. More info: The project was no longer noticeably active. Last version, 5 Beta 9.2 (4.9.9.2), was released on February 21th 2005. It is still downloadable, but a maintained version of Dev-C++ with updated code is developed by a programmer called Orwell: Orwell Dev-C++. You can find it here: http://alternativeto.net/software/orwell-dev-c-/

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  SharpDevelop

  Open Source by IC#Code |

  Windows

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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.

    Development   development, web-development, development-suite

  +2 more net-framework, c-sharp

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  Visual C# Express Edition

  Free by Microsoft |

  Windows

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  Visual C# Express Edition is a slimmed-down version of Visual Studio only supporting C#, but is better for beginners.

    Development   ide, visual-studio

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  Lazarus

  Open Source |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  Lazarus is a cross-platform IDE for the Free Pascal compiler. It tries to offer a Delphi-like programming experience through its own 'Visual Component Library' while also supporting other platforms...

    Development   programming, ide, pascal, delphi, languages.min.10

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  CodeLite

  Open Source |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  CodeLite is a powerful open-source, cross platform IDE for the C/C++ programming languages.

    Development   development, programming, ide

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  Zend Studio

  Commercial by Zend |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  Zend Studio for Eclipse combines proven capabilities to create the world’s most powerful IDE for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Studio's powerful developer tools combined with Adobe Flex Builder and...

    Development   php, design, html, ftp, css, ruby, syntax

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  NVU

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  This application has been discontinued. More info: Development stopped in 2005

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  WebStorm

  Commercial by JetBrains |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

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  JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform. WebStorm provides automatic code completion, on-the-fly code analysis, refactoring support...

    Development   web-development, javascript, html, ide, css

  +4 more code-editor, html-editor, syntax-highlighting, coffeescript

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  Orwell Dev-C++

  Open Source by Orwell |

  Windows

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  Orwell Dev-C++ is a Portable (IDE) Integrated Development Environment and Compiler for the C++ programming language. It's a maintained version of Dev-C++ which features an updated MinGW compiler and...

    Development   portable, development, ide, compiler, c-plus-plus

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  Microsoft WebMatrix

  Free by Microsoft |

  Windows

  Not an alternative?

  WebMatrix is everything you need to build Web sites using Windows. It includes IIS Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). It streamlines...

    Development, File Management   php, javascript, html, ftp, sql, html-editor

  +5 more ftp-client, sql-server, asp.net, php-editor, website-development

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  NuSphere PhpEd

  Commercial by NuSphere |

  Windows, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  Nusphere PhpED is an advanced PHP Integrated Development Environment (PHP IDE) featuring best-in-class features for editing, debugging and working with PHP applications.

    Development   development, php, ide, php-development, php-ide

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  WeBuilder

  Commercial by Blumentals Software |

  Windows

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  WeBuilder is revolutionary all-in-one web code editor for all your web document editing needs. Clean and convenient interface, quick startup, true flexibility and powerful features allow you to create and edit...

    Development   php, javascript, html, css, perl, asp, vbscript, ssi

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