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The best free IDE alternative to CodePen is Replit. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CodePen and 11 are free IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free IDE alternatives to CodePen are Firebase Studio, Qoder IDE, kodeWeave and goormIDE.

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  1. Replit icon
     90 likes

    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.

    94 Replit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • 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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    • Replit is Freemium and ProprietaryCodePen is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Replit is Privacy focusedCodePen is not according to our users
  2. Qoder IDE icon
     8 likes

    Qoder is an AI-powered agentic coding platform and IDE that automates complex software development tasks using autonomous AI agents.

    54 Qoder IDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. kodeWeave icon
     25 likes

    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
     
  4. goormIDE icon
     7 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. 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 (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Codiad icon
     32 likes

    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
     
  7. ViperIDE icon
     1 like

    An innovative MicroPython IDE for web and mobile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Atheos IDE icon
     6 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. codeboard.io icon
     3 likes

    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
     
  10. Leporello.js icon
     1 like

    Leporello.js is an interactive functional programming environment for JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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