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The best Code Editor alternative to Doom Emacs is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Doom Emacs and many of them are Code Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Code Editor alternatives to Doom Emacs are VSCodium, Sublime Text, Vim and Neovim.

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Visual Studio Code

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    Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

    209 Visual Studio Code alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  IDE
    3.  Built-in terminal emulation
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Code Completion
    6.  Multiple languages
    7.  Git Support
    8.  GitHub Integration
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Supports Python
    11.  C++
    12.  Source code debugging
    13.  Multiple Cursors
    14.  Graphical User Interface
    15.  Support for MarkDown
    16.  Auto Update
    17.  Plug-ins
    18.  Support for Node.js
    19.  Support for Javascript
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    Visual Studio Code VS Doom Emacs

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    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Doom Emacs.

    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular free alternative to Doom Emacs.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryDoom Emacs is Free and Open Source
    • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableDoom Emacs is not according to our users
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    VSCodium

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    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.

    198 VSCodium alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron

    Properties

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Prevent telemetry
    2.  IDE
    3.  MIT License
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Git integration
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Minimap
    9.  Color coding
    10.  Built-in terminal emulation
    11.  Support for MarkDown
    12.  Code navigation
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    VSCodium VS Doom Emacs

    Is VSCodium a good alternative to Doom Emacs?
     

    • VSCodium is the most popular Open Source alternative to Doom Emacs.

    • VSCodium is Free and Open SourceDoom Emacs is also Free and Open Source
    • VSCodium is Customizable and Privacy focusedDoom Emacs is not according to our users
  4. Sublime Text icon
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    Sublime Text

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    Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.

    197 Sublime Text alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Customizable
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Package Control
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  IDE
    4.  Multiple Cursors
    5.  Text editing
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Simple text editor
    8.  Tabbed interface
    9.  Plugin manager
    10.  Git integration
    11.  Support for MarkDown
    12.  Distraction-free
    13.  Git Support
    14.  Plugin API
    15.  Configuration Management
    16.  Fullscreen support
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    Sublime Text VS Doom Emacs

    Is Sublime Text a good alternative to Doom Emacs?
     

    • Sublime Text is the most popular commercial alternative to Doom Emacs.

    • Sublime Text is Paid and ProprietaryDoom Emacs is Free and Open Source
    • Sublime Text is Lightweight and CustomizableDoom Emacs is not according to our users
  5. Vim icon
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    Vim

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    Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.

    209 Vim alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    GVim with netrw+airlines+ctrlspace+xkb-switch+monokai theme+Source Pro font
    Plugin Gitgutter shows added lines as '+' and altere as '~'.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hackable
    3.  Well documented
    4.  Modal editor
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Portable
    8.  Batch Editing
    9.  Terminal-based
    10.  Macro Recording
    11.  Built-in terminal emulation
    12.  Support for Large File
    13.  Dedication to home row
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  6. Neovim icon
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    Neovim

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    Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

    100 Neovim alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Configurable
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Lua scripting
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Asynchronous
    5.  Vim
    6.  Sane defaults
    7.  Distraction-free
    8.  Autocompletion
    9.  Code Formatting
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  7. GNU Emacs icon
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    GNU Emacs

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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    174 GNU Emacs alternatives
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Snapcraft
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    Beyond just being able to edit plain text files, Emacs includes special features to help you write in many different human languages and programming/markup languages
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  Extensibility
    2.  Org-mode
    3.  Self-documenting
    4.  IDE
    5.  Terminal-based
    6.  Multi OS
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Support for scripting
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  IDE All Languages
    11.  Editable text color schemes
    12.  Code Completion
    13.  Package Control
    14.  Spell Checking
    15.  Support for MarkDown
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    GNU Emacs VS Doom Emacs

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    • GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to Doom Emacs.

    • GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceDoom Emacs is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Emacs is CustomizableDoom Emacs is not according to our users
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    CudaText

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    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    193 CudaText alternatives
    Multi-selections, Replace dialog at bottom

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    Dark theme, Minimap
    2 groups shown, picture file opened, JavaScript fragment in HTML
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    Code Tree for Pascal lexer

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Support for Themes
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Native application
    2.  Minimap
    3.  Command palette
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Portable
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  10. Lapce icon
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    Lapce

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    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    194 Lapce alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Support for Themes
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Built-in terminal emulation
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Git Support
    5.  Full-Text Search
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Modal editor
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  11. Helix icon
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    Helix

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    Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .

    80 Helix alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  Code Formatting
    5.  Git Support
    6.  Distraction-free
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    Helix VS Doom Emacs

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  12. Bluefish Editor icon
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    Bluefish Editor

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    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    216 Bluefish Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP
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  13. JetBrains Fleet icon
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    JetBrains Fleet

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    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

    193 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Code Formatting
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    JetBrains Fleet VS Doom Emacs

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  14. Kakoune icon
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    Kakoune

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    Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.

    81 Kakoune alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
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    Kakoune Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Modal editor
    4.  Works in a terminal
    5.  Multiple Cursors
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    Kakoune VS Doom Emacs

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