Free Arduino IDE Alternatives

The best free alternative to Arduino IDE is Microsoft Visual Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Microsoft Visual Studio or PlatformIO. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Arduino IDE and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Arduino IDE are ArduinoEditor, embedXcode, UECIDE and OneWare Studio.

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  1. Ktechlab icon
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    KTechLab is an IDE for microcontrollers and electronics. It supports circuit simulation, program development for microcontrollers and simulating the programmed microcontroller together with its application circuit.

    29 Ktechlab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Ktechlab vs Arduino IDE Comments
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    Not compatible with atmel processors

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Ktechlab is Free and Open SourceArduino IDE is also Free and Open Source
    • Ktechlab is Privacy focused and LightweightArduino IDE is not according to our users
  2. XOD icon
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    A visual programming language for microcontrollers. Like code, but better.

    6 XOD alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  3. B4R icon
     6 likes

    Development tool for native Arduino programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Arduino Studio is a new open source development environment for the Arduino Programming Language. Instead of a monolithic architecture and a centralized development model, Arduino Studio take advantage of Adobe Brackets Editor's pluggable system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Brackets
     
  5. ProtoAI icon
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    ProtoAI simplifies the hardware development process by combining AI powered design assistance with practical prototyping guidance. Whether you're a hobbyist looking to build smart devices or a professional engineer working on custom electronics, ProtoAI provides step by step...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. codebender icon
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    Program your arduino online. codebender is a web platform for hackers, makers and artists. Code, store and manage your Arduino sketches on the cloud, and even compile and flash them to your Arduino. Right from your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Wia icon
     2 likes

    We help developers build things and connect them to the Internet through our IoT cloud platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. skiiiD icon
     2 likes

    hardware firmware IDE for the development boards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. WinAVR icon
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    WinAVR (tm) is a suite of executable, open source software development tools for the Atmel AVR series of RISC microprocessors hosted on the Windows platform. Includes the GNU GCC compiler for C and C++.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. MicroCode Studio is a powerful, visual Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with In Circuit Debugging (ICD) capability designed specifically for microEngineering Labs PICBASIC™ and PICBASIC PRO™ compiler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    miniBloq is an open source graphical programming environment for Multiplo™, Arduino™, physical computing devices and robots.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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