Alternatives to Eclipse for all platforms with any license

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
- While eclipse is a fully-fledged ide, notepad is an editor. Guest • Mar 2018 • 12 agrees and 2 disagrees
- It's not an edi it's just a (very good) text and code editor. Guest • Oct 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Eclipse is a fully featured IDE marcinkowalski • Mar 2018
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Custom Language Definitions Auto-saving Autocompletion ... Block edit Code formatting Color coding Column edit mode Configurable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Live Preview Multiple languages Plugin manager Portable Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Tabbed interface Add a feature

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Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.
- Visual Studio code has rapidly became one of the best cross platform editors on the market, i would say it sits in between a full fledged IDE and a more simple editor. I love it! Ola • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Visual Studio Code just allows you to write code, not even run it. Guest • Oct 2016 • 8 agrees and 28 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell Mac
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Built-in Terminal Lightweight Syntax Highlighting ... Autocompletion Customizable GIT support Intellisense Code completion Support for Javascript Multiple cursors Night mode/Dark Theme Bugs C# Scripting Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration MarkDown support Mercurial support Minimap PHP IDE Run Android Apps on Desktop Support for NodeJS Version and Source control Add a feature

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IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA is a free / commercial Java IDE by JetBrains. Its design is centered on programmer productivity. A number of its features are intended to accelerate...
- IntelliJ IDEA Community is open-source under Apache 2.0 license. Guest • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- More polished and user friendly compared to Eclipse marcinkowalski • Mar 2018 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
- One of the top alternatives to eclipse! Guest • Sep 2015
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Code completion Auto Correction Built-in Terminal Java IDE ... Night mode/Dark Theme Static analysis Version and Source control WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs for Microsoft Windows, as well as web...
- still the gold standard for C++ externitoritus • Oct 2016
Free Personal Mac Windows Web .NET Framework
Code completion Embedded debugger Intellisense Autocompletion ... Automatic content formatting Azure integration C++ support C# Scripting Color coding Development API Exe Compiler Functions Nuget Refactoring Vim key mapping Add a feature

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NetBeans

A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and...
- Netbeans is in my opinion quite similar to eclipse but easier to learn and use. Refactoring code (by changing the name of a variable) is a breeze. Just do Ctrl+R and the rest will follow. I have some experience using Netbeans to code Java. Right now I am eager to try it out for coding C as well. Guest • Mar 2016 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- They are almost identical, from how they manage, organize, programming languages available, tools. Differences only apear when digging through both. Guest • Oct 2018
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Java IDE Built-in Terminal Automatic Indentation Code completion ... Compiled Language Embedded debugger Support for FTP GIT support Ide integration PHP IDE Source code history Syntax Highlighting Page refresh Add a feature

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Geany

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Lightweight Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File ... Minimalistic Portable Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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PyCharm

Python and Django IDE with refactorings, code completion, on-the-fly code analysis and other features, including version control integration, deployment, integration...

Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Code completion Code formatting Refactoring Embedded debugger ... Git integration GitHub integration Compare Source Code Add a feature

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GNU Emacs

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Package Control Scripting ... Self-documenting Syntax Highlighting Terminal-based Add a feature

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PhpStorm

Enjoy productive PHP and web development with PhpStorm. Take advantage of deep code understanding, top-notch coding assistance, and support for all major tools and...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
PHP IDE Code completion Refactoring Live Preview ... Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

219 Like
Code::Blocks

Code::Blocks is a free C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable. An IDE with all the...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Learn with Flashcards Leadfeeder integration Portable Add a feature

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Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. Switching your trusty code editor is hard, but give Komodo Edit (or its big brother...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript and QML integrated development environment which is part of the SDK for the Qt...

Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Autocompletion Code formatting QT Based Refactoring ... Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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Aptana Studio

Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help...
- Discontinued Aptana is still in development on GitHub but latest version, 3.6.1, was released in October 2014. It lacks Java 8/9 features, as well as newer Javascript and HTML 5 features.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Support for FTP Real time collaboration Add a feature

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WebStorm

JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform. WebStorm provides automatic code completion...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Support for Javascript Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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Coda

Coda is a fast, clean, and powerful text editor with pixel-perfect preview and a built-in way to open and manage your local and remote files. And a dash of SSH too. ...

Commercial Mac iPhone iPad
Built-in File Manager Live css editing Real time collaboration Syntax Highlighting ... Team Collaboration Add a feature

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Eclipse Comments

Comment by sdc01

about Eclipse · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

I do not agree that this is a suitable alternative to Dreamweaver. Eclipse's forte is java development whereas Dreamweaver is a wysiwyg website development platform.

In my quest for an alternative, Aptana is about as close as I found. Although, if you can afford it, nothing (that I know of) comes close to Dreamweaver.

Comment by lancer502

about Eclipse · May 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Eclipse is a lot more useful then NetBeans. The keyboard shortcuts, interface, and plug-ins make Eclipse really good.

However, Eclipse isn't as easy to learn to use as NetBeans

Comment by Muntoo

about Eclipse · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I prefer NetBeans - it's easier to use, much more intuitive, well designed, and constantly maintained.

jrmclaughlin · May 2017

This is precisely what I love about Eclipse. If it's not user friendly, define your own perspective. Once I realized it had "Open File from Workspace" feature like Sublime (alt+shift+r by default, but I changed it to ctrl+shift+p x2 as that is the same as my sublime setup) and you could autocomplete NetworkEntityObjectManagerFactory by typing N<ctrl+shpace>etEOMF<enter>, I started exploring the market place (Runner is a must have, as is show view -> other -> debug) and it works perfectly for me.

Comment by cb

about Eclipse · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Eclipse is bloated... I like NeatBeans it has support for php and symfony framework.

Comment by sonicflare

about Eclipse · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It is so bloated peace of software...
It does not scale for multi-core processors.

Comment by ATx

about Eclipse · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Eclipse for PHP Developers is a coding tool for PHP scripts. It is not a WYSIWYG web editor, like Dreamweaver. From looking at screenshots at SourceForge, it doesn't even look like it has any visual web authoring features, much less any WYSIWYG functionality.

Aptana comes integrated with or as a plugin for Eclipse, so it behaves more or less like Eclipse, and is "Free, Open Source and Cross Platform".

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