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The best IDE alternative to CodePen is Replit, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CodePen and 12 are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to CodePen are Firebase Studio, Qoder IDE, kodeWeave and goormIDE.

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  1. Replit icon
     88 likes
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    Replit is a collaborative cloud development environment offering in-browser IDE features like AI assistance, real-time collaboration, Git support, hosting, deployment, syntax highlighting, plugin extensibility, ad-free UI, dark mode, and live code sharing.

    85 Replit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    I like replit because they have a great free version with AI autocomplete and chat.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Replit is a great CodePen alternative.

    • Replit is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to CodePen.

    • Replit is Freemium and ProprietaryCodePen is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Replit is Privacy focusedCodePen is not according to our users
  2. Firebase Studio icon
     23 likes
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    A cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to accelerate how you build, test, deploy and run production-quality AI applications, all in one place.

    55 Firebase Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  3. Qoder IDE icon
     8 likes
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    Qoder is an AI-powered agentic coding platform and IDE that automates complex software development tasks using autonomous AI agents.

    45 Qoder IDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Qoder IDE is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CodePen.

    • Qoder IDE is Freemium and ProprietaryCodePen is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Qoder IDE is LightweightCodePen is not according to our users
  4. kodeWeave icon
     25 likes
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    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

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. goormIDE icon
     7 likes
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    goormIDE is a powerful cloud IDE service to maximize the productivity for developers and teams. You can build your own development environment with just a few clicks and collaborate in real-time on the same docker container.

    17 goormIDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Storm is an online web development environment which allows users to run HTML, CSS, Javascript code in real time in a secured environment. It supports sharing Scribble (Storm project) via a dedicated link and also allows users to use jQuery and React framework of JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  7. Codiad icon
     32 likes
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    Codiad is an open source, web-based, cloud IDE and code editor with minimal footprint and requirements

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. ShiftEdit icon
     28 likes
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    online IDE.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ShiftEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to CodePen.

    • ShiftEdit is Paid and ProprietaryCodePen is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. ViperIDE icon
     1 like
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    An innovative MicroPython IDE for web and mobile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Atheos IDE icon
     6 likes
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    Atheos is a web-based IDE framework with a small footprint and minimal requirements, built on top of Codiad by FluidByte and the Codiad Team.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. codeboard.io icon
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    A web-based IDE to teach programming in the classroom. Easily create and share exercises with students. Analyze and inspect students' submissions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Leporello.js icon
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    Leporello.js is an interactive functional programming environment for JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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