Apple Developer Alternatives

Apps similar to Apple Developer include Eclipse, which is free and open source. Other options are Microsoft Visual Studio, Apache NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and Code::Blocks. You're spoiled for choice with IDEs like Apple Developer: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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  1. Bloodshed Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as it's compiler. Dev-C++ can also be used in combination with Cygwin or any other GCC based compiler.

    44 Bloodshed Dev-C++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  2. Notepad.exe icon
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    Lightweight macOS code editor. Skip the setup, write code, run instantly. Built-in iOS simulator, AI assistance, and Linux support.

    51 Notepad.exe alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Delphi icon
     61 likes

    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
    • US flagUnited States
    Delphi 10.3 Rio - Visual designer
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  4. Cosmic IDE icon
     5 likes

    There are a lot of cases where you want to quickly test some Java code but don't have your computer open besides you. You open your browser and search for some website for this purpose. But you're neither guaranteed to have internet all the time (do you?

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  5. RubyMine icon
     38 likes

    Comprehensive IDE specialized for Ruby and Rails, offering smart code completion, advanced navigation, error analysis, refactoring tools, integrated debugging, test frameworks, and web development support alongside extensive VCS integration and plugin extensibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Ultimate++ icon
     25 likes

    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
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  7. Appcelerator Titanium, offered for free by Appcelerator, lets web developers use web technologies, open source and cloud computing to build native apps for iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. CodeLite icon
     64 likes

    CodeLite is an open-source, cross platform IDE for the C/C++/PHP and Node.js programming languages. CodeLite is known to work on various OSs including:

    47 CodeLite alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • wxWidgets
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  9. GNOME Builder icon
     21 likes

    Builder is an actively developed Integrated Development Environment for GNOME. It combines integrated support for essential GNOME technologies such as GTK+, GLib, and GNOME APIs with features that any developer will appreciate, like syntax highlighting and snippets.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
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  10. Graviton Editor icon
     16 likes

    Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. roobuilder icon
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    It's a cross between Glade / Visual Studio — the idea is that most 'action' code for an application is actually quite simple - so entering the code on the event handlers for a widget makes the proximity of code to action better.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • HK flagHong Kong SAR China
    roobuilder screenshot 1
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  12. Anjuta icon
     38 likes

    Anjuta is a versatile Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C and C++ on GNU/Linux. It has been written for GTK/GNOME and features a number of advanced programming facilities including project management, application wizards, an interactive debugger and a powerful source...

    61 Anjuta alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
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