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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
     1404 likes

    Free, extensible code editor with Git integration, AI-driven IntelliCode, and 30,000+ extensions, supporting various languages like Python, Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Snapcraft
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    213 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good81 reviews
  2. GitHub icon
     1752 likes

    Web-based Git hosting service facilitating collaboration, with features like issue tracking, social networking, and wikis for project management.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Homepage
    Organization profile view
    Repository Homepage
    +6
    Issues
    109 alternatives
    2.9
    Poor37 reviews
  3. Python icon
     1429 likes

    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Symbian S60
    • BSD
    • AROS
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
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    The Python 3.1 interpreter running in a GNOME Terminal
    97 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent28 reviews
  4. Sublime Text icon
     2056 likes

    Sophisticated text editor for code with sleek interface, multi-select tabs, side-by-side definitions, and swift variable renaming using multiple selections.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    +2
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    199 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good66 reviews
  5. VSCodium icon
     426 likes

    This 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)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    203 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent44 reviews
  6. draw.io icon
     1024 likes

    Privacy-focused diagramming software supporting real-time collaboration, offline mode, and cloud storage without ads or registration.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Notion
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud
    • Microsoft SharePoint
    • Flathub
    • Microsoft OneDrive
    • PortableApps.com
    • Google Drive
    • Google Docs
    • Microsoft Teams
    • Google Slides
    • Flatpak
    • Google Sheets
    Use the diagram editor in dark mode. Go to app.diagrams.net/?splash=0&ui=dark
    Windows Desktop App
    Whiteboarding example
    +9
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    142 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent52 reviews
  7. Git icon
     1111 likes

    Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Haiku
    37 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent19 reviews
  8. Vim icon
     1355 likes

    Advanced text editor with multiple modes, syntax highlighting, word completion, plugin support, built-in help, command-line tools, cross-platform and open source.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
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    GVim with netrw+airlines+ctrlspace+xkb-switch+monokai theme+Source Pro font
    Plugin Gitgutter shows added lines as '+' and altere as '~'.
    218 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent26 reviews
  9. WordPress icon
     1675 likes

    Open-source software for creating websites and blogs with an emphasis on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    125 alternatives
    3.7
    Good46 reviews
  10. Zed Editor icon
     124 likes

    Blazing fast, collaborative code editor with real-time multi-user support, built-in Vim mode, language-aware syntax trees, integrated terminal, and multi-buffers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    97 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent13 reviews
  11. Eclipse icon
     1149 likes

    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 IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    eclipse on windows 10
    eclipse on macOS
    149 alternatives
    3.8
    Good12 reviews
  12. JavaScript icon
     639 likes

    JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • AROS
    • Haiku
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    61 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good16 reviews
  13. Kate icon
     321 likes

    The 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
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    Kate with an ATOM color scheme using some RegEx to find and replace.
    149 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent11 reviews
  14. Wget icon
     444 likes

    GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP(S) and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive command line tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    24 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent10 reviews
  15. Java icon
     671 likes

    Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • HP webOS
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Blackberry 10
    • Kindle Fire
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    76 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good9 reviews
  16. XAMPP icon
     540 likes

    Completely free web server tool with Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. Ideal for developing and testing websites locally on Windows, Linux, macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    Xampp interface
    58 alternatives
  17. Geany icon
     579 likes

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku
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    +5
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    157 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good21 reviews
  18. Neovim icon
     194 likes

    Refactored version of Vim with enhanced extensibility and modern plugin architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chocolatey
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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    109 alternatives
  19. DBeaver icon
     375 likes

    A versatile, open-source database tool for developers and administrators supporting multiple databases via JDBC drivers with extensive plugins.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Eclipse
    • Flatpak
    • Java
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    +3
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    183 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent18 reviews
  20. SQLite icon
     353 likes

    SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    72 alternatives
  21. gedit icon
     698 likes

    Extensible text editor with UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting for many languages, remote file editing, customizable interface, and plugin integration.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
    The Default look under GNOME with Adwaita
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    194 alternatives
  22. Apache NetBeans icon
     745 likes

    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, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and...

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Editor
    Trees
    Windows
    +2
    Linux
    98 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good10 reviews
  23. Google Antigravity is an agentic IDE and coding environment designed to support real world software projects through autonomous development workflows. It provides an agent first workspace where developers set direction while AI agents carry out tasks such as coding, debugging...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    49 alternatives